[Notes:VO ---SANTA MONICA -- APRIL 3 -- AP VIDEO][[VOICE OVER ]]STUDENTS PEPPER SPRAYED BY POLICE AT SANTA MONICA COLLEGE WANT TO KNOW WHY OFFICERS USED THAT KIND OF FORCE TO DISPERSE THEIR PROTEST-[SOT][SUPER: MARIOLY GOMEZ/STUDENT] "we came very peaceful. Yeah we were loud, but we had no weapons with us. I was bystander. I wasn't in the crowd. I was steps away from it. No warning…they didn't tell us anything. They just started pepper spraying."[[VOICE OVER] MARIOLY GOMEZ SAYS WHILE PROTESTING MAJOR TUITION AND FEE HIKES AT HER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SHE MET THE BLUNT FORCE OF THE LAW WITH PEPPER SPRAY… " I felt a sensation on my skin, my eyes, I fell to the floor." [[VOICE OVER] SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND AMONG DOZENS OF STUDENTS HIT BY THE SPRAY IN AN EFFORT TO DIFFUSE AN ANGRY SCENE OUTSIDE TUESDAY NIGHT'S BOARD MEETING. AMATEUR VIDEO EVEN SHOWS A LITTLE GIRL NEAR THE PROTESTS WHO APPEARED TO BE SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF SPRAY TOO. [[SOT]][SUPER: CHRISTINE DEAL/STUDENT] "if they were going to use force then they should have given us a warning like if you don't back up we're going to use force." [[VOICE OVER] THE PROTESTORS HAD BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO THE MEETING….WHICH WAS DISCUSSING THE CREATION OF A TWO-TIERED TUTION SYSTEM… IN RESPONSE TO DRASTIC STATE BUDGET CUTS.VARIOUS AMATEUR VIDEO VIEWS OF THE INCIDENT APPEAR TO SHOW THE CROWD SHOVING AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS…WHO WERE BLOCKING THE DOOR. IN A STATEMENT, THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT "ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL CONDUCT SANTA MONICA POLICE PERSONNEL EXERCISED RESTRAINT AND MADE NO ARRESTS." THE COLLEGE IS LAUNCHING A FULL INVESTIGATION…THE QUESTION IS DID THE POLICE GO TOO FAR? [[sot][[super: JODY ARMOUR/USC LAW SCHOOL] "police work is hard. You have to strike a balance between serving the public and protecting the public." [[VOICE OVER] LEGAL SCHOLAR AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY JODY ARMOUR TOOK A LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT AMATEUR VIDEOS OF TUESDAYS MELEE..[[super: JODY ARMOUR/USC LAW SCHOOL] "you have limit you have boundaries. You can't just run amok. We're going to have graduated steps to give you an opportunity to cool off and retreat. And that should have been done in this case." [[VOICE OVER] THE VIDEO IS HAVING AN EFFECT OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS-THE STATE AGENCY WHICH OVERSEES COMMUNITY COLLEGES CALLED ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO JUDGE WHETHER THE COLLEGE'S TWO-TIERED TUITION SYSTEM IS LEGAL. ON CAMPUS THE ANGER IS STILL SIMMERING. JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA. -------------------------------------------------------------(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: john mone -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: john mone/ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: ap -----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: donna starddard ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: john mone