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Forum Post: Police Used Pepper Spray Against Supporting Protestors on Sidewalk

Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 3:33 p.m. EST by VoterMarch (34) from New York, NY
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Police Takedown of Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011 @ 1:20 AM. Unedited, live film near Liberty Square in Manhattan as protestors rallied in support of Occupy Wall Street, while the police herded the crowds away. Police pepper spray protestors on sidewalk, while supporters flush their stinging eyes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VH-0ZzvMcM

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[-] 1 points by OWSequalsleadersofangrysheeple (18) 12 years ago

If you fail to move and don't have a proper permit and block others from using the sidewalk, pepper spray is more than warranted.

[-] 0 points by VoterMarch (34) from New York, NY 12 years ago

At 1:30 AM, no Wall Street executives were being blocked on the sidewalk on their way to work.

[-] 1 points by OWSequalsleadersofangrysheeple (18) 12 years ago

1:30 AM in New York is blocking the sidewalk. I'm a New Yorker and people use the sidewalk day and night there. Illegal protest and blocking of the sidewalks is illegal. If people resist the police repeatedly, the police will respond to do their job.

[-] 1 points by VoterMarch (34) from New York, NY 12 years ago

No New Yorker was blocked by the protestors. The same cannot be said for the police.

[-] 1 points by Vooter (441) 12 years ago

Why are so many Italian and Irish New Yorkers not smart enough to do anything but be cops?

[-] 0 points by alouis (1511) from New York, NY 12 years ago

This is not helping the movement.

[-] 1 points by mynameiscurly (39) 12 years ago

Freshly ground pepper spray is really good on a salad.

[-] 1 points by BobS (58) from Douglas, GA 12 years ago

I say kill em with kindness.. Make Friday "Hug a Cop" day. Just walk up to each and every one of them, shake their hands and tell them what a fine job they are doing and hand them donuts. They won't know how to handle it.