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"A disturbing video of passive Occupy Wall Street protesters at University of California, Davis, getting pepper sprayed by police made the rounds Saturday afternoon on YouTube.\nBy mid-afternoon, several versions of the video, shot on Friday, were being circulated. In the video above, an officer displays the pepper spray can before spraying it at protesters who are seated with their heads down. After that, cries are heard from the crowd. As the protesters are arrested, some in the crowd shout \"Shame on you\" at the officers.\nPepper spray is often used for crowd control and usual causes tears, pain and even temporary blindness, but rarely causes death or lasting harm. \nUpdate: The chancellor of the University of California, Davis, announced on Saturday that the school launching a probe into the incident.\"The use of the pepper spray as shown on the video is chilling to us all and raises many questions about how best to handle situations like this,\" Chancellor Linda Katehi said in a message posted on the school's web site.\nThe distribution of the video comes as public support for OWS has slipped in recent weeks. A survey last week by Public Policy Polling found 35% of Americans support OWS and 45% oppose the movement. When PPP took the same poll last month, only 36% of respondents were against OWS. \nThough the video would seem to present the protesters in a more sympathetic light, it's unclear how it's being received. For instance, YouTube commenters for the video above overwhelmingly \"liked\" it, though many comments were in support of the protesters and critical of the police.\nWhat do you think? Let us know in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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