Police were forced to release pepper spray ...

[Riot]

Ah, California.

Santa Monica College officials said Wednesday a police officer was forced to release pepper spray [ note: indoors! ] to maintain safety after a large crowd of students tried to force entry into a meeting of the Board of Trustees...

The trustees were considering a proposal to offer higher-priced courses at the college this summer to help students who have been shut out of the classes they needed to transfer to four-year universities.

It wasn't just students protesting tuition hikes who were blasted with pepper spray by campus police at Santa Monica College yesterday. This child -- apparently a 4-year-old girl -- was also hit. The students, and child, were pepper-sprayed to prevent them from "storming" -- i.e. attending -- a board of trustee's meeting.

Of course, now there is a new pepper-spray Twitter meme ...

http://www.quickmeme.com/Forced-to-r...pray/?upcoming

And, of course, on Twitter:

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"In my younger & more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice: a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Scott Johnson @OakScott
@zunguzungu "It really sucks that they made us pepper spray them..."

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

JP Massar @jpmassar
@zunguzungu M: "Damnit Spock, a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety!" S: "That is not logical, Doctor."

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"Once upon a time and a very good time it was, a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking 13. A police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Jane Hu @hujane
@zunguzungu "All animals are created equal, but some animals will be forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety."

ProfWards
@zunguzungu Sing Goddess of the anger of a policeman forced to release pepper spray to maintain public safety & the countless ills that fell

Sean Gillies @sgillies
@zunguzungu That's no moon, it's a police officer forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety.

Edmond Caldwell @edmondcaldwell
@zunguzungu "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins, where a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety."

michael de la madera @actongriscom
@zunguzungu "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long - a police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety"

Bondles @Bondles
The cylons were created by man. They rebelled. A police officer was forced to release pepper spray to maintain safety.

GonzOakland Reply
In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and a peace officer was forced to release pepper spray.