"New York's finest". This policeman needs to be prosecuted.

[TheBigotBasher]

Already fleeing in tears, the Officer sprays again



https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150307410113655.342627.584843654&l=908cf5dae5&type=1

[gateley]

1. Probably pissed they can't do the 'set up' pot busts anymore.

There are so many GOOD cops, I hate when these types are allowed to stay on the force.

[Warpy]

4. The white uniform shirt marks him as a higher up

and probably a desk jockey when he isn't assaulting women.

But yeah, he's got to go.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. Indeed.

What is worse, the policeman who let loose look like a high up.

[dana_b]

2. I have seen many

of the photos and one video of this but can't understand why he maced them. They didn't appear physically challenging - just verbally so. They were staying behind the orange mesh - it makes no sense to me. I hope that someone got his badge number.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Supposedly they were fenced away from police arresting someone in the middle of the street

and were taking video and photos. The two supervisors (white shirts responsible) took offense at such freedom and let loose.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/an-important-video-to-watch-pepper-spray-by-a-cruel-and-cowardly-nyc-cop/245629/

[dana_b]

6. cowardly act

he sneaks up, sprays them and then walks away while holstering the mace. disgusting..

[Admiral Loinpresser]

7. Plenty of NYPD are acting professional.

But this pattern of superior officers doing the bad acts is disturbing. Is it because of a tacit or explicit understanding from upper brass?

We should try to get Olberman's producers, or somebody, to look at this. And of course, this particlar captain or lieutenant or whatever should be invetigated.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Thanks to nashville_brook for that video link!

[KansDem]

28. It looks like he was "punishing" them...

...as if he had the authority.

He needs to see the inside of a court room...

[47of74]

8. Takes a....

:sarcasm: Takes a big man to do that to other human beings. :sarcasm:

I have other things to say but I'll keep them to myself as they are extremely obscene and quite unprintable.

[sabrina 1]

9. Another White Shirt that definitely needs to go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyMr6VmGJo

H/t to DUer Divine Discontent for the video. Talking to a cop is now a crime in NYC.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. Thanks for that..

[provis99]

14. ugh, typical Youtube Nazi comments though:

"That's it! Beat those Jewish hippies down! Better yet, KILL them!!!"

[sabrina 1]

22. On videos like this, critical of the police, I would not be surprised if

some of them are plsnts. You can bet the police are checking on those videos and anything that makes the police look bad or on political videos tends to get the most vile comments. UTube is littered with such comments about every ethnic group regardless, and every nationality. They all sound the same, just change the country or ethnicity. So I think most people ignore them and focus on people they know who are legitimate on UTube. Actually the person who uploads the video can block people, but a lot of people just throw something up and don't bother to monitor the comments.

It's a free for all really so you do get to see the best and the worst of society. And the good thing is given the freedom to say anything there, it's encouraging that a majority of the people are pretty decent.

[highprincipleswork]

33. I hope we find out.

I hope we find out soon enough, if he is a plant, or not. Whoever he is, he should be prosecuted.

[louslobbs]

41. +1 n/t

Lou

[izquierdista]

12. What karma has in store for him

When he goes to retire and collect his pension, he gets a margin call letter from Goldman Sachs, saying that the equity in his pension account is negative and would he please deposit $5,000.00 immediately.

[tama]

13. Inspector Bologna?

We suppose is the name and person that deserves all the publicity he can get for his heroic act:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2001047

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Quite possibly. EFerrari just provided two very interesing links:

http://davidscameracraft.blogspot.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-street-march-violence.html

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_113/afteryearsoftrouble.html

[leveymg]

31. That first link - davidscamercraft - locks up for me.

The second one tells me how lucky I was not to have made that same career move.

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. It works for me. Try just using the general .com URL as the link is right there on the front page.

[Cherchez la Femme]

40. Let's hope Tony Bologna loses his precinct over this

and more, in a court of law.

TYVM for posting those links :hug:

[Rex]

15. Hope he losses his cushy job.

Fucking coward.

[BeHereNow]

16. No doubt- that "officer" had to get to his local porn rental shop

and rent some "violence against women" videos to complete his day.
Hs attack was deliberate, unprovoked and hopefully, worthy of a lawsuit
by his victims.
He is no better than a common rapist and shows the same anger
for women- they were women and it is clear he targeted them.
Just like a rapist.
I hope they send him to prison.
BHN

[bengalherder]

47. Speaking of rapists I hope they identify the cop who is obviously 'copping' a feel

while an attractive woman is being arrested.

That was just fucking gross, and says so much about the mentality of these so-called 'protectors'.

[BeHereNow]

18. The slow motion video Nashville Brook posted from the Atlantic

Will certainly end up as evidence in court.
It shows so clearly that this "man" committed a crime, while in the uniform of a
NYPD "officer."
In fact, he was so intent on inflicting unreasonable "punishment"
on these young women, he did not care that he maced his fellow officers.
Lock him up and throw away the key!
BHN:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Don't miss the links from EFerrari I just posted above.

[BeHereNow]

21. Thanks!

Just read them both- the photos on the first link
with commentary are really disturbing.
Is it fascism yet?
Sure looks that way.

BHN

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. The red-headed photographer you can see in the video has posted about it:

About halfway down. She got arrested as well!

http://rosinhabela.tumblr.com/

[Vinca]

23. Video of unjustified force = New York tax payers get to pay a settlement.

The Mayor should fire cops involved. Immediately.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

24. Guy hates women for some reason. n/t

[backscatter712]

25. Cops should be required to wear their badge numbers in huge football numbers on their uniforms.

No, not teeny print on the badge itself that requires you to go within baton/mace range to read them.

Big numbers. That can be read from a hundred yards away.

[Eric J in MN]

44. I agree. NT

NT

[Juche]

26. Another reason police forces are trying to make it illegal to videotape them

Videotape holds up well in court, even if several cops say something different happened.

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. Cops in Fullerton California used their own video of the killing of a homeless man to get their own

stories straight before writing their reports! They were caught and two are likely going to jail.

[Ready4Change]

42. Watching the vid, I'm wondering if it wasn't done to stop video

It looked like several of the ladies were taking video of someone being arrested when the mace was sprayed. It seems to me it was done, partly, to stop the video from being recorded.

[malthaussen]

27. White Shirts and Black Hearts

I've observed elsewhere that much of the police violence I've seen has been instigated by the white shirted policemen, who I am told are supervisory personnel.

This leads to the inevitable question: is this a deliberate policy, acknowledged or unacknowledged, of the NYPD we are seeing acted out? Or the random barbarity of a few individuals who "coincidentally" all happen to be supervisors?

-- Mal

[a simple pattern]

37. Supervisory personnel?

Are they sworn? Or are they "independent contractors?"

[Muskypundit]

29. He actually did a sweep of macing to everyone they penned up in there.

They are all on the ground in the video. What looks like what happened in the video was that they couldnt quite pen them, the fence was getting bent by the protesters and the police were trying to move it. So jackass walks up and sprays them ALL in the face until they are on the ground and walks away. Its fucked up beyond belief. But the NYPD released a statement supporting his action, probably for the reason that people who are in tears on the ground are easier to pen like fucking animals.

[Eric J in MN]

43. Another possible motive would be that

...cops were beating a girl and one of the other girls screamed for them to stop and Captain Anthony V. Bologna pepper-sprayed the latter girl and the girls nearby to shut her up.

===
...this young girl near me was shoved down -- their hands were on her head until she reached the pavement (she was yelling because the cops were beating up some 19-year-old kid). I screamed something like, "Stop! Why are you doing this?" There was blood and shit; it was terrifying. I looked at the cop I'd been talking to, and he had a blank but worried expression. Then this cop in a white collared shirt came around and just sprayed us...


http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/chelsea_elliott.php

====

Of course, I can't read his mind.

[unionworks]

30. saw this on msnbc just now

First mention I've seen of this in the MSM. Boy they are going all out to stifle this story, it's gotten worse since comcast took over msnbc, now there are a lot of subtle differences, such as giving rethugs lots more face and mouthtime on the air, and a negative spin on Obama constantly,wondering if anyone else has noticed. The scenes in NYC were heartrending, and a cause for the heroes of 911 to hang their head in shame. Don't they realize these protestors are fighting the same people who would let 911 first responders die by denying their medical claims? This is horrible, brings back very bad memories of the vietnam era.

[frylock]

32. fuck tha police

[quakerboy]

35. File a complaint

https://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/html/complaint.html

[alecmcc]

48. File a complaint with the FBI

@quakerboy

The officer is apparently acting under "Color of Law."

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/color_of_law

[steve2470]

38. k&r nt

[Uncle Joe]

39. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, TheBigotBasher.

[bluestateboomer]

45. Identified!

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/09/26-1

[mike_c]

46. the pig: Deputy Inspector Anthony V. Bologna

per Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/09/26-1

[TheBigotBasher]

49. I hate the term "the pig".

There are some very hard working police who take a lot of shit for just doing their job and there are a lot of horrible crimes out there. Most members of the police are sound, hard working and low paid workers doing a job.

This top dog, he deserves prosecution.

[WillyT]

52. And This Is The Place Where Most People Start...

Until ALL are colored by the actions of the "few".

And then the term "pig" becomes common place.

We're not there yet, but...

:shrug:

[truth2power]

50. Has anyone thought that this guy might have been a plant, seeing as how

he has "Anthony Bologna" i.e. 'Tony Baloney' prominently displayed on his uniform.

Ha ha, what a joke the guys at the station must think that is. Just sayin'

[Hubert Flottz]

51. Probably a wife beater.

Or maybe a mother beater.