On Sunday thousands of people took to the New York streets to protest Wall Street excess, greed and corruption, but 100 plus people were arrested. These images and videos show that many of these protestors were mistreated and abused by the NYPD.
"Julie was pepper sprayed on 12th and university along with 5 other people. reports nypd targeted the women.
"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."
Mass arrest screenshot
"Stumbled into NYPD arresting members of the Occupy Wall Street protest."
"Mass arrest happening at 13th near 5th ave now WallStreet"
Protesters march north from Wall Street
As the march reached Union Square, things turned ugly.
Protesters crawl on their knees after being sprayed with pepper spray.
Two white-collar police officers arresting a young woman for filming them.
No drums on Wall Street.
Post-pepper spray.
"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.
Cop knee on throat.
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do you have any any any idea what you're talking about?
do you know what this movement is about? or how about the fact that hundreds and hundreds of those protestors have been there for nine days already? its an occupation, not an assault.
If they were "breaking" things on wall street, the most powerful financial center in the world, they would have much bigger problems to worry about.
On another note though, thousands, are you sure isismile? other sites say a few hundred?
And please dont get political, thats not what i come on this site for.
100 people were arrested that day. All of them wanted to be thrown in jail? or pepper sprayed?
its a protest! they didn't create the problems! they are fighting against those that made the problems!
Ya know what, kids? It was fun. It was a fuckin riot...literally. I never had a better time except maybe Woodstock.
And I'm still telling great legends and myths about both to this very day.
(You should see a kid's eyes when you tell him you saw Jim Morrison live at the late show at Filmore East...)
A strong economy means also a system that protects those who are at the base of that economy, the working mass.
The protest was a joke, in a city of millions only a couple of hundred showed up, all with cameras and half the pictures show them hitting the police. Pretty good country to live in, protest peacefully and you have no problems.