Police Brutality - Wall Street Protesters Maced, Punched, Kicked, Clubbed Oct. 5 2011 8:45 PM

Police Brutality - Wall Street Protesters Maced, Punched, Kicked, Clubbed Oct. 5 2011 8:45 PM

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A WNYW news crew was maced and beaten by police on Wednesday night while covering the Occupy Wall Street protests. Reporter Dick Brennan and photographer Roy Isen got caught in the middle of an altercation between police officers and a group of protesters, at the end of a day spent covering the ongoing demonstrations in lower Manhattan. Brennan was struck in the stomach with a baton and Isen was hit in the eyes with pepper spray.

Many are asking, in light of these videos and videos from last week showing white shirted officers as primary aggressors, why are the high ranking officers appearing more aggressive than the rank and file officers? Generally speaking, departments that have problems disciplining their officers for excessive force still have to do something to get cops that show a pattern of brutality off the street or else they risk more civil litigation or a pattern/practice investigation by the feds. So, instead of firing cops, they promote them off of the street to supervisory roles... which could be one explanation for the white shirts being more aggressive here. If you don't believe that explanation consider the next report...

A New York NY cop was arrested by the FBI for "repeatedly using his position to intimidate others, including beat downs and violence" as well as using police databases to get info on a man in a parking dispute, to tip off his cousin to a federal investigation, and for pepperspraying & illegally detaining man at bar owned by his cousin. He was finally suspended though... only after the arrest.

New York NY police are being sued by #OccupyWallStreet protesters claiming the previous Brooklyn Bridge mass arrest was a civil rights violation because most of the protesters and journalists caught up in the kettling action on the bridge couldn't hear any warnings about impending arrests.




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[chyressa]

bash their fuckin heads in NYPD... BASH EM IN..... AND TAKE THEIR IPADS AND IPHONES... THOSE ARE MADE BY CORPORATE AMERICA THEY DON'T NEED THEM... ASSHOLES !!!!!

[SurvivalWithBushcraf]

@chyressa Sme one needs a hug. Really, really bad... (((hugs)))

Fell better? =)

[tommeranda]

Anyone else notice that cop spraying mace UPWIND at 0:22 ? Haha. Right back atcha (in your face)

[SurvivalWithBushcraf]

@tommeranda And the NYPD hand book says Mace is to only be used one people resisting arrest, and should receive medical treatment immediately after... They don't even follow their own rules!

[UsedNewsToday]

@chyressa It doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition. Capitalists invested money in Apple because they made products that everyone on the planet wanted. Corporations have been around for years but it is only recently that they have gone off the rails. Things that are top heavy usually fall over eventually.

[desaad37]

This is such a shame...

[jkjl234]

@chyressa we gotta try at least man

[jkjl234]

@chyressa you sound intelligent

[DedmanUmotionS]

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[chyressa]

@chyressa YOUR SPOILED ROTTEN POS'S...... YOU WANT EVERYTHING GIVEN TO YOU... FOR FREE... WELL GUESS WHAT NOTHING IS FOR FREE YOU STUPID SHEEP.... WHO'S PAYING FOR THE MARKETING COMPANY FOR THIS PROTEST... YEAH THE BIGGEST CAPITALISTIC MADE 7 BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR.... GEORGE SORO'S YOU THINK THEY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU..... LOL THEY'LL LEAVE YOU TO THE WOLVES WHILE THEY FLY OFF IN THEIR JETS WITH THEIR MONEY IN OVER SEAS ACCOUNTS.... OH WAKE UP.. YOU THINK YOUR GONNA HURT THE WEALTHY... NOPE

[chyressa]

@UsedNewsToday that FUCKING GARAGE MADE THEM EXTRMEMLY WEALTHY WITH INVESTORS IN THEIR HUGHLY CAPITALISTIC COMPANY  MORONS. LMAO..THIS IS WHY THE WORLD IS LAUGHING.EVEN THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE A FUCKIN TV AND A GAMEBOX.. WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY STONE WOMAN, HANG HOMOSEXUALS AND GO TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD, THATS FUCKIN POOR. WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHILE YOU EATING YOUR MC DONALDS HAMBURGER AND PLAYING ON YOUR IPHONE

[UsedNewsToday]

@chyressa Yeah we never would have had innovations like the iPad without corporatism and extreme greed. Apple started in a FUCKING garage.

[KeeblerDawg]

@SurvivalWithBushcraf This is just police brutality gone rampant! Did any of the protesters do anything to deserve this treatment? NO! As far as the way these protests are going, this is the 1960's all over again. The country has become one that is run by corporations who pay-off and/or sponsor/support the politicians who then give special favors back to those corporations so they can keep getting richer while making the other 99% of us poorer.