Occupy Wall Street Protesters Pepper Sprayed by New York Police Department
The New York Daily News reported that over 50 arrests were made by the New York Police Department on September 24, 2011 in connection with the “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement. The same story mentioned “there were unconfirmed reports that mace may have been used” and the online story contained an embedded video that clearly shows a noxious gas being deployed by a police officer. USLaw.com’s slow motion analysis of the same video shows a senior New York Police Department officer deploying a spray cannister in an unorthodox manner on a small group that were being ‘kettle netted’ by a half dozen officers, some of whom were also affected by spray….
You know, the titans of arbitrage and other speculative financial alchemy could easily calm the seas by taking a few lousy percentage points in their top marginal tax rate. They won’t. Who do you think will spray protesters after they break public safety unions in the interest of accumulating an even higher proportion of wealth? Just asking.
it’s powerful stuff. The screams and the young women writhing show how disgusting the action of macing them was.
You want to see the answer just look at American history. Remember the Pinkertons and their vicious attacks on miners and other unions? And they didn’t just use mace. There are numerous examples and none of them bode well for post-unionized police.