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VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street & Police Brutality Victims Demand Resignation of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly

Occupy Wall Street activists and their supporters decried violent tactics used during a police crackdown on Saturday’s re-occupation of Zuccotti Park, renamed Liberty Square, that led to 73 arrests. During a press conference outside police headquarters, they called for New York Police Dept. Commissioner Ray Kelly to resign. Speakers drew connections with other recent police [...]

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1 Marine SGT. vs. 30 NYPD Cops (Marine Wins)

United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thomas voiced his opinions of the NYPD police brutality that had and has been plaguing the #OWS movement. Thomas is a 24-year-old Marine Veteran (2 tours in [...]

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Democracy Now! Exclusive: Occupy Protesters Confront NYPD Commissioner with Images of Abuse

On Tuesday night, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was confronted with images of his officers assaulting supporters of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement as he spoke to a class at Columbia University. The commissioner had been invited to speak by former New York City mayor and Columbia Professor David Dinkins, who teaches [...]

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