{"id":5947,"date":"2011-09-26T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T07:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2011-09-26T00:02:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T07:02:28","slug":"police-brutality-on-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/26\/police-brutality-on-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Police brutality on Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago I was an activist in New York City, and when we staged nonviolent sit-ins against the war, police used to come after us with batons and brass knuckles.  They had a special squad of anti-demonstration police called the Tactical Patrol Force (TPF).  We called them the \u201cTasmanian Pig F*ck*rs\u201d, which unfortunately became shortened to \u201cpigs\u201d, and in later years, applied to police in general, most of whom do not deserve it.  Sadly, when it comes to New York police and demonstrators, the only thing that seems to have changed is that the batons and brass knuckles have become mace and TASERS.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"25brutality\"At least 80 people protesting in New York against the US financial system and Wall Street practices were arrested in the first big crackdown since demonstrators began camping on city streets a week ago.<\/p>\n

"About 80 arrests were made," a spokesman for the New York Police Department told AFP. Most of the detained protestors were accused of blocking traffic and government facilities, and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n

One person was charged with assaulting a police officer and one officer suffered a shoulder injury, the department spokesman said.<\/p>\n

The main protest website, occupywallst.org, said between 80 and 100 people had been arrested, most of them in the Union Square area of Manhattan. Footage on the site showed police corralling a crowd with orange plastic mesh.<\/p>\n

The Occupy Wall Street protest began on September 17 in the vicinity of the heavily guarded New York Stock Exchange. A week later, a hardcore of demonstrators remained camped around the clock in a small nearby park\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have run across many individual claims of brutality, but virtually  I none are making their way to the media. I did, however, find a video clip.  Take a look and decide for yourself.<\/font><\/p>\n