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NYPD Arrests 100+ At “Occupy Wall Street” Protests
On Sunday, hundreds of NYPD officers swarmed on Union Square, arresting protesters. Reports of police using tear gas have spread through Twitter. While the NYPD maintains that they neither own nor use tear gas, some have stepped forward to confirm that they were pepper-sprayed. In at least one video, a man is violently tackled for simply talking to an officer. posted
"#OCCUPYWALLSTREET - 9/24/11 - University Place and 12th Street. Watch the man in the red shirt get pushed by a cop, then raise his hands and back away. As he tries to speak peacefully to the officer, he is tackled violently to the ground and arrested."
In this video, a group of female protesters are corralled by police before being pepper-sprayed.
"Julie was pepper sprayed on 12th and university along with 5 other people. reports nypd targeted the women. #ows"
"Julie and @society_society both pepper sprayed in faces. #occupywallstreet #ourwallstreet"
"Protested falls to his knees in tears in front of Chase Bank crying - this is the bank that took my parents' home."
"Stumbled into NYPD arresting members of the Occupy Wall Street protest."
"Mass arrest happening at 13th near 5th ave now #occupyWallStreet"
Update: Following the arrest at Union Square, protesters returned to Zuccotti Park / Liberty Square. The Livestream is reporting that more police are arriving on the scene with the same crowd control nets used in the last mass arrest.
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- hermanns NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str...
- marib2 thinks NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str... is WTF
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They haven’t seen nothing yet. They use News Corp to do their race baiting while the big corporations and the financial industry (Wall Street) lined their pockets with welfare handout from the Federal government.
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Protested falls to his knees in tears in front of Chase Bank crying - this is the bank that took my parents' home.” This guy is so FOS! His parents were never kicked out of their house
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More Proof that the United States is a fascist police State.
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This whole mess is perpetuated by keeping “the left” arguing with “the right” … Everyone's busy hating “the other party” and no one pays attention to the bigger problems. Very few politicians in either party give a crap about the American people anymore. They are in love with power and under the thumbs of big corporations. They act in lobbyists best interest, not ours. Saying the left are whining instigators or leaping to the assumption that the right would have had a free pass to protest is pointless. Let's focus on getting angry at the abuse of power by the cops… or at the yuppies in suits watching from the balcony and laughing at the simple peasants down below?
- melaniem4 thinks NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str... is Dios MiO
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Are they mad at the banks or the police? Confused. From the looks of the video, the protesters were egging on the police in hopes of getting some good footage… the guy in the red shirt even smiled and gave his name after he was taken down.
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Be Quick… Keep up the good work Buzzfeed.
Thank you for reporting what the media wont do. - nanonanonano thinks NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str... is WTF
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New York City Cops, well they ain't too smart.
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I love that BuzzFeed is covering this, but I hate that the police are being such bitches.
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The Wall Street guys have the money. Just proof of how this country is run.
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Welcome to the revolution, people.
- Ellzc thinks NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str... is Dios MiO
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Again, if they'd been right-wing “tea partiers” not only would the police have left them alone, but they'd get massive amounts of positive media attention. The way that left-wing protesters are treated in this country is a crime.
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FACT: If they had been right-wing “tea party protesters,” the police would have left them alone. Even if they had been armed, they'd be treated with kid gloves provided they acted conservative as opposed to liberal. There's a serious break between how our authority figures treat right wingers (better leave them alone or else we'll get in trouble) vs. left wingers (better bust their skulls as soon as possible). Every single municipality, as well as the Main Stream Media, is a huge part of the blatant right wing bias, which is shown with every protest and the coverage thereof.
- noura thinks NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Str... is Dios MiO
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Here is the link to the official Occupy Wall Street site Occupy Wall Street
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Have to make sure everyone has a link to the main site of Occupy Wall Street
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just saying you should probably see this coming if you protest in the us. not saying its right but chances are you will be fucked over by the police.
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boofuckyouscriptnazis
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Here's some animated info re: banks. http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=63419
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Thank you for covering! <3
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This much force when unnecessary is wrong. I'm sure they were willing to get arrested in the first place. Police officers should be taught about the Stanford experiments and how to control their power boners.

































