NYPD pepper sprays peaceful protesters

Sept 24, 2011 - OccupyWallStreet - near Union Square, NYPD attempt to break up protests with orange nets, billyclub young man with camera, pepper spray female protesters. Chaos is not the enemy. We are the 99%.

And thank you to the medic who flushed my eyes with what I guess what liquid antacid and water, and wiped my eyes with the bandana around his wrist saying, "This was my grandfather's bandana, he got through Korea with this, and that means you're going to get through this." And it helped immensely. Thank you. I'm glad we take care of each other.

Just as a quick side note, I want to make clear that in general I support the police force, my mom worked in the justice system for 30 years and I know that for the most part cops are good honorable people doing their jobs, and often they are heroes. But whether these cops were just scared and thinking irrationally or taking out their own misdirected rage, there is no excuse for this violent abuse of their authority. This was wrong and it didn't make anyone safer. Hell, along the same lines, I even support the death penalty, but executing Troy Davis only weakened the integrity of the system that I have, up until yesterday, supported and defended.

Pepper spray is a real weapon that hurts like hell and should only be used in the most desperate of situations, not on peaceful protesters that let you push them onto the sidewalk but won't let you corral them into a parking garage.

All day, all week, occupy Wall Street.

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[pablo suarez]

Srry but dosent seem very peaceful when there's a mob of people doing the opposite of what the police are asking duche bag hippies need to leave ny !!

[William Moore]

HAHAHA! Look at those disgusting dyke drama queens!! HAHAHA!!

[William Moore]

Nothing peaceful about violently interfering with the police trying to arrest a Marxist terrorist! I can't wait until these homo's all OD or die from aids!!

[wayne johnson]

that inspectoe baloney is nothing more then a violent thug i wonder if he beats his wife

[josh acord]

1.01 sounds like dubstep

[Peanut171002]

mother fuckers

[Gmancrap]

Whatever you say angry white guy.

[ragnaroktroopereire]

Antifa wouldn't laugh they would be to busy running away like they always do!

[Cole Phelps]

Failure to follow a law command.(stay on the side walk)..... Impeding traffic..... He got to close to an officer making an arrest.... he was pushed aside and came back for more. Then the guy resisted arrest and in the proccess assaulted the officers. So ya... Crimes were commited.

[Cole Phelps]

they were excessive I admit but not to the point you should mace them back. Because then thats assault on an officer. No matter what. You cant just mace a cop.