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Updated: Oct. 18, 2011 added another interview; Oct. 15, 2011 added more videos; Correction: the protester was a man, see interview below
ReasonTV on Oct 14, 2011
Journalist and Reason contributor Michael Tracey is covering New York’s Occupy Wall Street as it’s happening. Above is footage he shot as the protesters marched through the street of Manhattan and had various stand-offs with the New York Police Department. Tracey himself reports being punched in the shoulder while filming.
In the above video, around the 1.40 mark, a white-shirted NYPD officer decks a protester in a green shirt (how the incident started is unclear). Reason.tv’s Meredith Bragg edited the video above from about 20 minutes of footage.
NYPD Cop Punches Protester at Occupy Wall Street, 10/14/11
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wearechange on Oct 14, 2011
Protesters Clash with Police During Wall Street March, Violence & Arrests @ #occupywallstreet
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Occupy Wall Street Vs the Police
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“Occupy” Protester Hit by Cop Tells His Story
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MiniRtist on Oct 18, 2011
Law And Order, with Felix Rivera-Pitre
see
Police with horses charge protesters at Occupy Wall Street + Occupy Rome protest turns violent
Michael Hudson: Banks are crime-gangs! + Obama’s Good Cop/Bad Cop deal with the Republicans
End Corporatocracy by Rand Clifford
Why the Elites Are in Trouble by Chris Hedges
Ralph Nader: Obama is a Dictator! + Nader, Ron Paul, Kucinich Speak to Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street on Dandelion Salad
The Economy Sucks and or Collapse 2
More videos:
http://vodpod.com/dandelionsalad/tag/economy
http://vodpod.com/dandelionsalad/tag/occupy+wall+street
‘Occupy Wall Street’ NYPD runs over a protester with motorcycle
Side view of the Attack of the White Shirt Officer on Peaceful Protester
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Since the video doesn’t show what initiated the altercation it is easy to jump to conclusions.
If the officer was struck first, he had every right to defend himself…
Do you really believe that a policeMAN would defend himself from a woman (or a man) by punching her/him in the face? There are other methods of self-defense and he should have been trained to use them, if that were the case.
That officer (and I use the term loosely) deserves to be locked in a cage!
Anyone catch the officer’s name? –Mike