Undercover cops seize another OWS generator--from a street vendor

And harass videographers. Towards the end you'll see a cop grabbing the wrist of an Iraq vet who is trying to film him. This is unedited footage, sorry for the length. The generator was kept with a friendly vendor, who has a permit to run a generator, and who ran a cord from it to the camp. Undercover cops just kind of...took it. In plain clothes, perhaps because they didn't feel it looked super legitimate. They also weren't super happy about us recording them.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• OWS
• generator
• cops
• police
• harassment
• illegal
• seizure

[JNoshima92]

What does the cop say nearer the end??

[bornofstardust]

@JNoshima92 Your guess is as good as mine; I don't exactly remember, and unfortunately I wasn't used to filming with my iPad and seem to have covered up the microphone in spots.

[Doug44393]

It isn't legal to just have a generator sitting anywhere you please. You need a permit for that. Stupid protesters.

[bornofstardust]

@Doug44393 It was sitting with a vendor, who has a permit. The generators were seized from the park because of their proximity to tarps. Not the case here.

[FireYourBank]

So if a citizen touches the door of a fire station they are threatened with being arrested? Seriously? Is that a law?

I hope someone looks up Foley, badge #50... sounded like he made that up along with the door law.

[bendover13mar]

Ya i hate cops i hope someone kills him

[WhatsRS2]

he puts in annotation he is an iraq veteran as if that has anything to do with it

[WhatsRS2]

You OWS will accomplish nothing all you do is moan, it will not resolve anything

[JNoshima92]

@bornofstardust ah fair enough haha

[janeganice]

I Love the NYPD

[Cracker603]

wear's the burning torch's

[kooldudeben]

this is the most boring thing i have ever watched... I have worked with children and they behave more mature than this... also... 6 police officers were bothered with their daily duties when there would be more important things from them to do because you were being a nuisance, you embarrass your country and yourselves.

[badboygq3]

this video shows the power of the people when they join together !!! this video also shows that it's not about race, color, religion, background, but for the simple fact that the government is everyday becoming more of a communist nation while hiding behind the face of democracy !!!!!!!!