Reynoso on Pepper Spray: They Had a Plan, But it Was Not Adequate. And They Didn't Follow It Anyway.
The introduction of the Reynoso Task Force Report pretty much sums it up the pepper spray findings:
“Our overriding conclusion can be stated briefly and explicitly. The pepper spraying incident that took place on November 18, 2011 should and could have been prevented.”
Just about everything else in the report exists to prop up those 26 words. That’s probably why Former California Supreme Court Associate Justice Cruz Reynoso began Wednesday night’s presentation by reading them to the crowd.
THE LACK OF A CLEAR PLAN
“It’s very important to know who’s in charge and what’s to be done,” Reynoso said of the UC Davis incident of Nov. 18. “The process did not work on this occasion.”
He said the task force found missteps from top to bottom: From Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Chief Annette