Pepper spray cop damages

A former University of California policeman who stirred public outrage by pepper-spraying peaceful student protesters has been awarded $38,000 (€27,500) in worker’s compensation for psychiatric damage which he claimed to have suffered from the 2011 incident, the university said.

Lt John Pike was suspended from his job at UC Davis and ultimately left the force in July 2012 after video footage was widely aired on TV and the internet of the incident.