Riot police violently disperse Occupy DC with batons

National Park Service police began slowly dismantling the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square on K Street early Saturday morning. Over the course of several hours, cops asked protesters to leave while authorities in hazmat suits combed the park and removed tents. Despite protesters insisting that the temporary structures were in compliance with the latest regulations imposed on the demonstrators, the cops continued to clear out the park throughout the course of the day. With only a small section of McPherson still spared by late afternoon, authorities eventually moved in and used force to clear the rest of the park. Protesters, passersby and journalists alike were assaulted as cops clad in riot gear stormed into the crowd and attacked anyone on the scene. Here cops are showing forcing a group of people out of the park with plastic shields and batons, only for them to fall into the mud and be crammed into a fence that prevented them from easily vacating the premises. Several arrests were reported, including one photojournalist, and many others were injured in the raid, including one RT cameraman.

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[Enforce Dominate]

Protesters deserved it

[firefox6151]

if only they where Russian police then their wold be no protesters left standing

[awsomedude784]

"oh look police just beat a protestor up, we didn't doing anything against the law, we were just provoking the police to see how far we can go until we piss them off. But they can't react violently, we were just shouting in their faces and annoying them! they don't have the right to attack us!": what goes through these stupid protestor's minds

[Lulminati]

Ahh...How peaceful.

[born2biscut]

At first they didn't deserve it. They were peaceful.

Then some asshole made it violent.

[95rollin1]

Should've listened to the police then you wouldn't have complained and bitched about police brutality.

[Jeremy Monsanto]

What I don't get is that they want a totalitarian control of the economy but they object to this treatment?

[Crafttard]

Unshaven occupy scum

[Adrian Cross]

3:00

- protester - Fuck the police!

- Biggest Riot control Officer - Fuck the wha..? Oh hell no! *Pulls out baton*

[paukos]

this is police brutality? r u fkm? come to my country we show you whats brutality