University of California would pay $ 500 each to 21 plaintiffs in a class - action suit . It also would set aside a $ 100,000 fund to pay as much as $ 20,000 to each individual who joins the class-action suit and can prove he was pepper-sprayed or arrested during the protest . A federal court has yet to approve the settlement , officials say . The campus police pepper - sprayed seated student protesters at an outdoor protest . A video of the close - range pepper spraying went viral last year .
University of California would pay $ 500 each to 21 plaintiffs in a class - action suit . A federal court has yet to approve the settlement , officials say . The campus police pepper - sprayed seated student protesters at an outdoor protest . A video of the close - range pepper spraying went viral last year .