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brutality this way, it would never have reached the point where so many innocent people have been abused and even killed by our Civilian Police who don't seem to know, maybe it is not part of their training, who pays their salaries and why.
I see Paul Browne, spokesperson (and close friend) for Police Commissioner, is playing fast and loose with the truth again. The problem for Browne this time is that there are so many eye-witnesses.
I love Laurence's factual opening statement, no blurring of the issue at all. 'The troublemakers were carrying pepper spray and guns and wearing badges'.
If only we had more truth in journalism like this.
I was watching the march on livestream right before this happened. It was awe-inspiring, everyone was in a good mood, they were singing and chanting and someone had a drum which they were marching in step to, just citizens in a democracy, exercising their 1st Amendment rights. I thought the police had learned from the violent arrests they had conducted on Wednesday, that it was best to just do the right thing this time. What resulted from that attack was double the numbers of people in the park that night.
Then, the footage showed a wall of Police when the marchers approached the area you see in the video and suddenly it seemed 'all hell broke loose'. Had they not been there, the march would have proceeded with only minor disruptiong of traffic, not much more than is usual in NYC, and everyone would have gone back to Liberty Plaza. But the Police chose not only to attack the protesters, but to block traffic by preventing the march from proceeding.
:applause: for LOD, and Keith and Amy Goodman for keeping the facts straight. We are so not used to that anymore.
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