"The Chancellor’s authorization of the use of police force to suppress the protests by students and community members speaking out on behalf of our university and public higher education generally represents a gross failure of leadership," the Davis Faculty Association wrote in a blog post on Saturday. The post goes on to criticize Katehi for "effectively authorizing [the police's] use of excessive force against peaceful UCD student protestors."
The call for Katehi's resignation comes after various videos showing police pepper spraying OWS protesters hit YouTube late Friday, shortly after it occurred. In response, Katehi announced on Saturday that she had created a task force to investigate the police's action.
According to reports, police had asked the protesters to move and then warned them if they didn't, they'd be pepper sprayed. Soon afterwards, they carried out their threat and the moment was captured on video.