400 students and workers at the University of California met with violence from the police

On Thursday in Riverside, California students were protesting the regents of the University of California. Over 400 students were demanding a reversal to the privatization of the university and tuition hikes; according to some students, the deputy sheriffs had been summoned to reinforce the dozens of riot cops. Rubber bullets and pepper balls were fired at students.

On January 19, 2012, the regents of the University of California had their quarterly meeting at UC Riverside. 400 students and workers demonstrated the Regents and demanded a reversal to the privatization of the university, tuition hikes, and budget cuts, and the increasing structural inequalities at the University of California. Demonstrators demanded that the regents, who were in a closed meeting, listen to them but they were met with violence from the police and deputy sheriff's department. Several students were jabbed with batons and paint ball pellets were fired into the crowd.