NYPD Arrests 100+ At "Occupy Wall Street" Protests
On Sunday, hundreds of NYPD officers swarmed on Union Square, arresting protesters. Reports of police using tear gas have spread through Twitter. While the NYPD maintains that they neither own nor use tear gas, some have stepped forward to confirm that they were pepper-sprayed. In at least one video, a man is violently tackled for simply talking to an officer.
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"#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."
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In this video, a group of female protesters are corralled by police before being pepper-sprayed.
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UNEDITED - COP KNEE ON THROAT 9/24/2011 #OCCUPYWALLSTREET
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"Julie was pepper sprayed on 12th and university along with 5 other people. reports nypd targeted the women. #ows"
"Julie and @society_society both pepper sprayed in faces. #occupywallstreet #ourwallstreet"
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"Protested falls to his knees in tears in front of Chase Bank crying - this is the bank that took my parents' home."
"#ows mass arrest screenshot"
"Stumbled into NYPD arresting members of the Occupy Wall Street protest."
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"Mass arrest happening at 13th near 5th ave now #occupyWallStreet"
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Update: Following the arrest at Union Square, protesters returned to Zuccotti Park / Liberty Square. The Livestream is reporting that more police are arriving on the scene with the same crowd control nets used in the last mass arrest.
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