Emergency Meeting in Response to Saturday Night NYPD Brutalization of People in Zuccotti Park
As hundreds of people joyously celebrated the six month birthday of Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park, the largest gathering in months without police barricades, the NYPD declared the park closed at 11:30 pm. They moved into the park swinging batons, beating people attempting to exercise rights that are supposed to be legally guaranteed. The New York Times reported that scores were arrested. Throughout the day, people had been celebrating. And throughout the day the NYPD was brutalizing and arresting people. Earlier in the day, the New York Times reported, “One sergeant grabbed a woman wearing a green shirt by the bottom of her throat and shoved her head against the hood of a car. A moment later, another officer approached and forcefully pressed her head against the car before placing her into the back of a police truck.” As the police moved into the park, we saw them grabbing people by the neck. The NYPD has no constraints. They think they can do this with impunity.
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