April 10, 2009 7:33 pm
Well, this is a little weird. The NYPD has put up a 1-minute-and-59-second video on YouTube. The video, shot inside 65 Fifth Avenue this morning, depicts a group of occupiers seated on the floor of a large room, as police prepare to handcuff and arrest them.
It’s a little odd that the cops would think that posting video in which they weren’t beating or pepper-spraying people would serve as a defense against evidence that they beat and/or pepper-sprayed other people at a different stage of the day’s events.
What’s really odd, though, is that the video is so short. If there was no police misconduct at any point during the arrests inside 65 Fifth, that’s great news. But if that’s the case, shouldn’t the cops release all the tape they have from inside the building, instead of just a two minute clip?
Posted by Angus Johnston
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what a waste of tax $ sending in that many on-duty staff 2 cuff a non-violent event. they must not have anything 2 do.
By passing thru on April 10, 2009 at 9:16 pm