UC Davis’ Lt. John Pike: Brutally Pepper Sprayed Sitting Students, Is Currently Now’s Greatest Meme
Here ye, here ye! The Artifacts of Modernity Online Museum is proud to showcase what began as one of the more disturbing acts of police brutality the #Occupy movement has seen yet and now serves as one of the fastest-sweeping memes the internet has seen since Rebecca Black.
Less and less has gone untouched by the now-famous cropped image of Lt. John Pike pepper-spraying innocent sitting protesters.
And now we’re excited to unveil the latest, and most to our Museum-esque liking, installment of the Lt. John Pike Pepper-spray Meme… Famous Works of Art!
(via OpenCulture)

Pepper spray students in the face on Friday, and you wake up the face of evil on Saturday. Then, the brunt of some clever jokes on Monday. Look! There’s Lieutenant John Pike popping into the famous painting, The Spirit of ’76, and macing a wounded soldier while he’s down. That’s low.

Now the symbol of French freedom, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People. Is Pike using pepper spray? Or, on closer inspection, is that a shot of deodorant? Quel con ce mec.

Freedom from Want is part of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms series of paintings. And guess who is ruining freedom, Thanksgiving and everything wholesome?
Oh, and of all the dinner guests, you had to spray Grandpa? No mercy, Lt. Pike.

Edward Hopper described his painting Nighthawks as “depict(ing) loneliness and beauty in a uniquely stark yet pleasing fashion,“ but lookie Lt. John Pike taking loneliness to a new level by adding temporary blindness. Way to ruin all the pleasing-ness for everyone.

Yes, he eventually desecrates Picasso’s anti-war mural, Guernica, too.
Bonus feature:

Bonus track number two (sorry, they’re just too good)

Watch him work the runway… hopefully the nice goodie bag makes up for it.
Bonus feature 3:

Ok last one we promise!
