UC Davis pepper spray cop gets $38G worker's compensation settlement
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Friday, Nov. 18, 2011: A police officer uses pepper spray as he walks down a line of Occupy demonstrators sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis. (AP)
The former University of California, Davis police officer who pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters has reached a worker's compensation settlement with the university system.
The Davis Enterprise reports that a judge on Oct. 16 approved the $38,000 settlement between John Pike and the University of California.
The 40-year-old former officer said he suffered depression and anxiety after death threats were sent to him and his family over the Nov. 18, 2011 event.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}University spokesman Andy Fell said the case was resolved in accordance with state laws.
Video of Pike pepper-spraying the protesters went viral online.
His address and other personal information were posted online afterward, and he received scores of death threats.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pike was fired in July 2012 after eight months of paid administrative leave.