Police Brutality - Wall Street Protesters Maced, Punched, Kicked, Clubbe...

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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