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Police Brutalize Peaceful Wall Street Protesters
New York Police Mace, Brutalize and Arrest Peaceful Wall Street Protesters
According to various reports, New York City Police have maced, brutalized and arrested peaceful Wall Street protesters.
Here is a video of peaceful female protesters penned in an orange mesh barricade and then allegedly maced:
Here is a protester getting pinned down with a knee on his throat:
Here is a video of a protester allegedly arrested simply for talking to an officer:
Here is a video of another incident:
There are also reports that the police have confiscated cameras and other reporting equipment, and arrested reporters.
The Wall Street Journal notes that 80 protesters were arrested.
The cover of the New York Daily News reads:
Cops smack down dozens during protests
Its Wail Street
The protesters issued a press release today stating:
A march of about 2,000 citizens marched peacefully demanding that the voice of the 99% be heard. This peaceful march called We Are the 99%, was done in solidarity with the #occupywallstreet movement. The movement is entering its second week
and is gaining momentum both locally and nationally. Many more rallies and escalating actions are planned for the coming week. The occupation will continue indefinitely.The NYPD attacked the crowd of peaceful protesters and conducted mass arrests of marchers near Union Square with orange netting, sweeping up Reports of some injuries.
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.
#occupwallstreet is currently located at Liberty Square, formerly named Zucotti Park.
Here is the Twitter feed for the protest, and here is a livestream:
Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com
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Then get the fuck out of here you cowardly loser! I know: Europe! WOW, they're doing great over there. London? Oh wait....Islam taken over there. Got a turban to fit in there? Russia!! Yeah, the fastest way to wealth there is you MUST be in black market. And ya gotta watch those Russians. South Central LA got nothing on them. CHINA!! Yeah...they'd laugh at your ignorant, pathetic typical spoiled "brat boy". Australia! Now we're talkin'. They'll tax the shit out of you and now with there "new and improved" carbon tax. Watch the size of your footprint. EGYPT! Yeah, where the flowers are all growing from Arab Spring! Best to you on finding a new home. Yeah....America is worst place in the world.
No, save your tears for yourself, MonkeyBoy, cause if the US of A goes down, she's taking a whole lot of us with her. No one will be able to get far enough from the whirlpool of descent left in her wake to survive as they did before.
This is not an American Crisis - it is a Global Crisis.
Disobey.
Burn down the banks.
The state (ie, governing apparatus) claims a monopoly on the use of force to coerce people to do as they are told. When the state loses legitimacy, acts of civil disobedience are almost always a necessary condition to bring about the sufficient cause of restoration of state legitimacy and the resumption of acquiescence in the monopoly of coercion.
The USA is long past the stage of having a legitimate governing apparatus. We are not free, not by a long shot (no pun intended). We do not have freely elected officials as they are bought and paid for (no pun, etc.). We do not have free speech, much less the vigorous exchange of political ideas. Instead, we have a tightly controlled, extrewmely limited political paradigm that brooks no serious consideration of any part of the political spectrum other than one or another branch of corporatism and crony capitalism.
I suggest support of the occupywallstreet movement.
I'm not sure what people think they're going to get when they show up for a "fight". Remember, when you say your going to protest Wall St., banks, broker dealers etc., that's different than holding a sign up in front of the dollar store being built on the corner you don't agree with. Also, the groups behind these protests are 100X more corrupt than any Wall St. firm and/or the government could ever dream to be. Yes, this is an extreme movement, extreme left marxist, socialist type and SEIU supporters. I also think it's comical to see that it's mostly youth protesting. These kids have no idea what they're protesting, they haven't paid any taxes and most are still on their parent's tit.
Before you take the side of the protestors, know who's behind this.
"100X more corrupt than any Wall St. firm and/or the government could ever dream to be"
Wow that's setting the bar veeerrrrry high.
It was best said by another: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
"Before you take the side of the protestors, know who's behind this."
Communist party?
Where are all the sock puppets coming from here and on Max Keiser?
OccupyWallStreet and Anonymous are commited to nonviolence in this Protest. And nonviolence is the only way to successfully make the changes necessary here in the USA.
Violence will never get you peace. War will never get you peace. Peace will get you peace.
No bodily harm, no property damage. Detain the agents provocateurs and hand them over to the uniformed police.
oathkeeper.org
I am watching some stoned lesbians being interviewed about keeping medicare, SS, and the the meaning of the Statue of Liberty to immigration. They want the rich to give more. As much as I want what is coming to be about justice, it looks like it is going be about hand outs.
Don't look at the protest but rather at the "shadow" it casts -- that is "the reaction". It's a wet blanket tactic.
1) cops taking movies to identify/infiltrate the groups (they're proactive)
2) MSM not reporting it (they're connected)
3) shills on ZH (they're staffed)
A note to the ANGRY ZH'rs out there: I never read the replies to any of my posts (I already have a self-image) so save your venom.
ABC123 - I am not agreeing nor disagreeing with any of your stances however:
"A note to the ANGRY ZH'rs out there: I never read the replies to any of my posts (I already have a self-image) so save your venom."
Then you are a coward. The replies even the venomous ones can give you some insight into yourself that you have not seen before. Judging by this you are probably a middle manager somewhwere who thinks he knows everything about the world. I came to ZH to learn unlike you whose mantra is; post a comment, think my shit don't stink, run away and never read anything either constructive or destructive.
TPTB have nothing to worry about here. It won't be peaceful demonstrations or even full blown riots threatening them. It will be, as time goes by, millions of individuals who lost it all with nothing more to lose, commiting suicide. However, they won't be going alone. That's what TPTB has to worry about.
If people really wanted to 'protest' they will keep building the world's largest naked short-selling botnet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVof0qj7SOw We will walk the streets in the end. History will be our witness.
Heroic cop maces 100-pound al-quaeda Hitler Stalin terrorist bitz.
Let´s roll.
Tiannenmen Square?
...and Billary criticizes other nations' human rights policies....
Publicity/exposure of these events is the best cleansing agent....
People would not be so upset if Bankers particiupated in the "austerity" the USA now faces instead of handing them Billions in Bonuses.
Maybe the protesters should speak the language the cops speak. I reckon that day will come.
Learn curve is steep. But, even a million protesters r no match for NYPD.
.... without weapons ....
The minute a protestor pulls a gun and starts shooting at cops, they will run like cock roaches. The last thing cops do not want to get into is a untactical gun fight (untactical meaning 20:1 in there favor)
LAPD ran like cowards when the Rodney King riots broke out. They didn't have a tactical advantage when a whole city erupted in "real violence."
The queation is are the police abusing there power, or are the protestors abusing the term "peaceful protest" Video's in crowds don't tell the whole story...only bits in pieces of it.
If or when real violence breaks out, you will not see a cop.
"If or when real violence breaks out, you will not see a cop."
That's not their job. You'll see the army.
The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878
"SEC. 15. From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress; and no money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay any of the expenses incurred in the employment of any troops in violation of this section And any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years or by both such fine and imprisonment."
http://www.dojgov.net/posse_comitatus_act.htm
The entire U.S. armed forces combined could not contain Southern California let alone all the major cities in the U.S.. From Ventura to Sandiego is 200+ miles of urban sprawl. 100's of square miles. Keep in mind the services are not going to war. They are not going to bomb U.S. cities...I don't think people really realize how much area So Cal is. There is 36 million people in California...There is 33 million in all of Canada...The armed forces combined is a little over 2 million...They wouldn't have a chance to contain so cal unless they go Rambo....
they are a bit spread out and thin right now spreading democracy /sarc......too many cities in USA , no army coming
If this stuff spreads and gets violent, they might send in Northcom to one city to shut it down and script the battles for Media as a "fear us" example. They will surely win the "battle", if they do, but it might cost them "the war".
I wish these guys had a more focused anti-corruption message. I mean, we're not going to get rid of 'corporate greed' but we could strive to get rid of corruption and collusion between unethical corporations and government. It would be great if these guys has posters of Judge Ciavarella who was involved in that 'kids for cash' scam and posters of the owner of the juvenile detention center who was paying him to lock kids up. I mean how much clearer would the message be. This should not be seen as a protests from the 'Left'. I mean, capitalism is not the cause, greed is not the cause, corruption caused by greed and complacency and low information is the cause. The 1% only has 1% of the vote. We allowed ourselves to agree to the Patriot Act and have stood by and allowed other erosions of our constitution. The people have allowed this and the people have to combat it by supporting the constitution, demanding a repeal of the Patriot Act and demanding that all corrupt politicians and unethical companies breaking the law are put in jail. We don't need new laws, we need to enforce the ones that we have.
So often is it said here that politicians are corrupt.....
Ok, there is an elections coming up,
JUST DON'T VOTE, STAY HOME, GO FISHING, GO NUTS....
JUST DON'T VOTE
This should not be seen as a protests from the 'Left'.
That is why more from the right should go and hold up signs saying the things you said.
Awhile back Anonymous tried to stir something like this up, and their demands were more to the right. Not many came to the protest. This time the protest was thought up by some people on the left, but Anonymous joined in, so there are people from the right and left there, but probably more from the left. It really is gonna take both the right and left to get this done because corruption is not a right/left issue.
I share your sentiment about the right/left issue. But, the two shall never merge. It's why a true revolution is impossible and a waste of time and lives. The populace is too divided and it's exactly the way the elite likes it. As long as we're unable to form a homogenous mass of outrage, they are safe.
Disobey.
Please understand that in the US the right to freedom of speech and to protest is protected - AS LONG AS WE DON'T TRY AND USE IT.
So shut the fuck up, go back home, and let the banksters and oligarchs get on with God's work.
watch how quickly things change, when names and addresses of these coppas are made public! hey coppa! while you're macing me, your house is on fire!!!!
Im sorry I didnt see anything that out of the ordinary or worthy of this post at all. This post sucks dick.
What the hell you are doing a service for everything that is agaisnt liberty and the rule of law by going over the top on this nonsense. This is a non issue. Did not see anything the police were doing that was out of place save for some shuving that one older cop did and it wasnt cool but not worthy of an article on ZH.
It will get far worse then this and then you do the article. Then you make a statement but to do it on those videos is pulling the trigger way quick and damaging your image.
I will be with you when it comes time but these videoes do not say it is time. Not for this article on this site.
Epic Fail!
Define liberty, genius.
scrappykoala ...? hardly.
Nothing "out of the ordinary"? Perhaps it is the "new normal" that should be objected.
Nothing wrong with macing non-threatening women. Nothing wrong with throwing someone down for talking to a cop. Nothing wrong to seizing cameras of bystanders and reporters.
Let's wait to object until protest organizers are arrested on trumped up "terrorist" charges (oops, already happens).
Well, then let's wait to object until police are firing live ammunition into crowd.
This was nothing but a bunch of spoiled punks that for the most part didnt even know why they were there. They looked like they were spoiling for a fight.
You want to get worked up about run away authority then fine lets tear this bitch apart on what TSA is doing every day or how the authority reacts to the G20 protests. This was nothing. Those two things and others like it get me real hot but this ... I mean at least if the protestors knew why they were there then I might feel some sympathy.
And the evidence that a significant number of these people don't know the score is.... where? Links to the data that allow you to draw that conclusion would be appreciated. If you can assume that they are ignorant, then they can assume that they know enough.
RR, amazin' me the Jacobins in the discussion around this post. I'm guessing that the crowd is mixed and are in general, well, new meat to the dangers of the situation.
No understanding of the effects of real violence.
Worrisome for implications.
- Ned
Why are you suggesting that a member of the armed forces home would be set on fire?
Who would set his home on fire?
What is the justifcation?
Do you think that is legal? In any regard whatsoever?
What is legal about using force against American citizens excercising their constitutional right to peacefully assemble, in a public space no less.
RE: mister0_1 DNFTT
Do Not Feed The Trolls
What struck me as interesting (and a little creepy) was the fact that in many videos, the police are videotaping the protesters. Not with camera phones, but with regular video cameras. You can see this in many different videos in different locations in the city.
Why are they doing this?
AustrieAnnie,
SIMPLE bud, for use in I D, and unlawful arrests at later dates.
It's will be out of sight, out of media, and arrest time.
I STILL want an explanation of the macing of the girls penned up. This apppears to be a real PISSER.
From the angles, there is no way to see why,or what caused this to happen.From the Video, there is NO reason for it.
But I saw several takedowns, without provocation.............this type of crap will not go well, and will unltimately end up costing lives.
Might come in handy in their civil court defense to come?
they are doing it so they can identify/infiltrate just like at the G20 protests
first answer from obvious shill/ignore
Because they also want to be sure clips aren't taken out of context.
ROFL. In virtually ever case I have seen, it is the police who confiscate protesters' cameras/phones because they know that if the people saw what they were doing, they'd be outraged. I've seen it first-hand so I know your comment is BS.
Police use video to identify perps for later questioning/arrest and for infiltration. It's also puts protesters on notice that they are being watched. This is standard COINTELPRO stuff and has been happening since the 60s.
"COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert, and often illegal,[2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ujAXxNxU0
"Watch out kid..."
Thanks for that! How did you know that's my favorite Dylan song?
You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows
Last time I checked people do have the right to congregate and (heck!) make a political statement. Maybe they don't have the same understanding of the issues as some Zerohedgers but they know something is wrong. I do feel somewhat for the cops. Used to live in that neighbourhood and one thing I loved was Friday evenings at an Irish place and there would be Wall Street guys, cops and firefighters and geeky people like me. Great conversations. And a recognization of common goals and values.
To the naysayes. These people are protesting against some of the same things a lot of us ZH readers are also against. You know like all that currency devaluation and corporate bailout shit that gets most of us here fired up and talking big. Even if you might not agree 100% with all of them so fucking what, I will take the side of these protesters any day over wall street and our corrupt government. And another thing, I didn't see anyone holding up a sign asking for a government hand out, it looks like a mix of all sorts to me, not sure where some of you guys are getting that they are all liberals looking for a hand out or something?
I wholeheartedly agree Schrock. The reason the demands are somewhat unclear in that group is it is not a homogenous group. Some of them do realize the things we talk about on Zero Hedge. There are "End the Fed" signs at that protest. Others fully blame the banks and corporations, and don't understand the part about the Fed and global banking cartel. I think it's really all one great big corrupt piece of sh*t that can be lumped together as corporations controlling governments. The banks are corporations too, even the Fed, after all.
It will be the far left and the far right that protest/fight against this. The middle are the sheeple, and they won't fight. There is really no chance of winning the good fight without both the far right and far left. We can focus on right vs. wrong for now, and we can probably mostly agree on that, and save the right vs. left stuff for when it matters again. Look around the world. That is the game that is being played all around the world right now. Left vs. right is being put aside while people try to end the wrong and start the right.