Yesterday, hundreds of police officers swarmed on Union Square, arresting hundreds of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters.
There are several accounts on Twitter of police using pepper spray on the crowd.
In at least one video, a man is violently tackled for simply talking to an officer. In another, police officer tackles a protester and places his knee on a protester’s throat.
Check it out in the videos below, and scroll down for the live streaming video feed.
“#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.”…
“UNEDITED – COP KNEE ON THROAT 9/24/2011 #OCCUPYWALLSTREET”…
Occupy Wall Street: Live Feed…
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- VIDEO: Police Arrest Over 80 At ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest (businessinsider.com)
- “NYPD ‘Crackdown on ‘#OccupyWallStreet’ – Luke Rudkowski Reports” (yourdaddy.net)
- Occupy Wall Street News Round Up of the Day (thedailywh.at)
- Videos show police brutality at Occupy Wall Street protests (boingboing.net)
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