The 'Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop' meme originated from a viral photograph taken during an Occupy Wall Street protest at UC Davis in November 2011. The image captures Campus Police Lieutenant John Pike walking down a line of seated protesters and nonchalantly dousing them with orange pepper spray. The internet quickly latched onto Pike's indifferent posture, photoshopping him into famous historical events, classic paintings, and pop culture scenes to suggest he was 'casually' ruining everything. It remains a staple of internet culture, used to satirize excessive force, indifference to suffering, or simply the feeling of something being unexpectedly sabotaged by a detached authority figure.