Tuesday, September 27, 2011

One Bad Pig in a System of Swine

Since September 17 a group of demonstrators has been practicing deliberative democracy while occupying Wall Street in NYC. The demonstrators have been heroically peaceful. Unfortunately, others have not.
Occupy Wall Street: 'Pepper-spray' officer named in Bush protest claim | World news | guardian.co.uk

The Guardian has learned that the officer, named by activists as deputy inspector Anthony Bologna, stands accused of false arrest and civil rights violations in a claim brought by a protester involved in the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican national convention.
In case you think that perhaps there was some provocation for Bologna's actions, watch this excellent piece that shows what happened.


Anthony Bologna should not have a badge.

1 comment:

List with Laszlo said...

This is fucked up. There's a case pending in Illinois where a man is facing 75 years in prison for filming police. The ACLU has taken up the case. We hire the police to protect us. It not our job to shield them from public surveillance. There is nothing illegal about filming police in a public place. God knows big brother has enough surveillance on us, cameras, phones, etc. They're going to have to ban every cell phone in America with video capabilities if they want to stop citizens from filming cops. The cops should realize like us, that horse has left the barn a long time ago.