' : The report criticizes ` ` systemic and repeated harassment '' by UC - Davis leaders . `` On balance , the evidence does not provide an objective , factual basis for Lt. Pike 's purported belief that he was trapped , that any of his officers were trapped , or that the safety of their arrestees was at issue , '' the report states . It calls police use of pepper spray on protesters ` ` objectively unreasonable '' The November incident drew widespread criticism of UC - Davis authorities . There was ` ` little evidence '' that police faced threats from protesters , the report said .
' : The report criticizes ` ` systemic and repeated harassment '' by UC - Davis leaders . It calls police use of pepper spray on protesters ` ` objectively unreasonable '' The November incident drew widespread criticism of UC - Davis authorities . There was ` ` little evidence '' that police faced threats from protesters , the report said .