John Pike - FishbowlLA http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla LA Media News, Unspooled Copyright 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:12:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Pepper-Spraying Cop Lands on a Christmas Sweater Social injustice has never been quite so festive.

Lt. John Pike, the UC Davis cop whose ridiculously excessive use of pepper spray on seated, peaceful protesters made him an internet meme superstar, has now been immortalized on a Christmas sweater. Handmade by the wearer, Abbie Heppe, the sweater features Pike pepper-spraying an adorable baby Jesus.

Photo via Reddit.

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The artwork Pike has wandered into is John Trumbull‘s “Declaration of Independence.” More meme after the jump.

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