A new report strongly condemns police and administrators at University of California, Davis, involved in the controversial pepper-spraying of student Occupy protesters last November. The incident sparked a nationwide outcry after video was posted online showing a campus police lieutenant repeatedly pepper-spraying students in the face from only a few feet away as they sat on the ground. A university-appointed task force found the November 18 incident “should and could have been prevented.” The report questioned the legal basis for the crackdown and detailed multiple deficiencies, including a failure by the administration to consider alternatives to police action. A security consulting firm also found Lt. John Pike broke police rules by using a high-pressure pepper-spray canister that is not supposed to be used within six feet of victims.