The N&O reports:
“Three local activists complained to a police accreditation committee
Monday that campus public-safety officers unnecessarily pepper-sprayed
them in the eyes during a protest of a speech by former Colorado
congressman Tom Tancredo last month.Members of the UNC-Chapel
Hill Protesters Defense Committee also filed a formal complaint against
the public safety department, claiming police action during and after
the protest was “unnecessary and politically motivated with the intent
of spreading a chill across campus.”“I shouldn’t be concerned
about my safety for going there and chanting,” said student Anthony
Magglione, who said he sought medical treatment from an EMT on the
scene and from a campus health clinic the next day. “I was blinded, and
I couldn’t see anything.
I’ll admit, the N&O story isn’t nearly as entertaining as this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but the protesters’ complaints do seem conveniently timed to coincide with the police accreditation committee’s schedule.
Here’s Donna Martinez’s take on the protests the day after the speech.
