Civil Liberties

Former UC Davis Cop Photographed While Pepper Spraying Peaceful Protesters Looking to Get Workers Compensation for Psychiatric Problems

Wants to profit off his misconduct

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The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.

John Pike has a settlement conference set for Aug. 13 in Sacramento, according to the state Department of Industrial Relations' website.

Pike was fired in July 2012, eight months after a task force investigation found that his action was unwarranted.