Soon after 11:25 p.m. last night, NYPD officers moved into Zuccotti Park to try to remove Occupy Wall Street’s medical tent, as the park owners are currently trying to remove tents and sleeping equipment from the area. Yet as Animal New York reports, demonstrators locked arms and refused to allow police to go near the…
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OWS: Cop Punches Demonstrator to the Ground
Yesterday, there were several reports of clashes with the police during the Occupy Wall Street march celebrating the reprieve from the cleaning of Zuccotti park, and the possible dismantling of the protest infrastructure. There were fourteen reported arrests, and major news outlets reported that police drove police scooters at and over protesters in order to…
Boston Police Throw American Flag To Ground, Arrest Veterans, Trash Property To Protect ‘Green Space’ From 99 Percent
In one of the largest mass arrests in recent Boston history, the Boston Police Department cleared a park of activists with the 99 Percent Movement in the early hours of Tuesday morning, dismantling and destroying tents that had been set up on Monday. Startling footage shot by an onlooker shows members of Veterans for Peace,…