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UPDATE: 700 ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge
UPDATE: As of 1:30 a.m. ET, MSNBC is reporting that almost 700 protesters have been arrested. At least 400 “Occupy Wall Street” protesters were arrested on Saturday as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, according to the New York Times. The protesters have pledged to occupy Wall Street until…
Lawrence O’Donnell: NYPD will do everything to protect Bologna
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said on his show Wednesday night that the New York Police Department would probably do nothing to a senior officer who pepper-sprayed young women at the “Occupy Wall Street” protests. Update: The officer has now been identified in two unprovoked pepper-spray attacks. Watch the second one…
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protester: Cops part of the 99 percent
Occupy Wall Street protester Kelly Heresy appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss the clashes between New York police officers and the demonstrators. “We are not against the cops,” he said. “The cops are part of the 99 percent. The cops, we would like to believe, are…
Protester allegedly arrested for filming ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Christina Gonzales, an “Occupy Wall Street” protester, told Democracy Now that she was arrested by the New York Police Department for filming the demonstration, which has now lasted 10 straight days. The protesters have been camped out in New York’s old Liberty Plaza, one block from the Federal Reserve, since…
Shocking video: NYPD roughs up protesters, making numerous arrests
The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Saturday cracked down on “Occupy Wall Street” protesters in a big way, arresting roughly 80-100 people, including members of the press, and accusing them of blocking traffic and resisting arrest. One person was charged with assaulting a police officer and one officer suffered…
Police arrest 80 ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors
NEW YORK — At least 80 people protesting in New York against the US financial system and Wall Street practices were arrested in the first big crackdown since demonstrators began camping on city streets a week ago. “About 80 arrests were made,” a spokesman for the New York Police Department…
Ex-NYC police chief to advise UK on curbing violence
NEW YORK — British Prime Minister David Cameron has asked former New York police commissioner Bill Bratton to act as a consultant to British police on how to curb street violence, US media reported Friday. Bratton told NBC and ABC News that he had received a call from Cameron early…
Up to 10 bodies linked to New York serial killer
NEW YORK — New York police stepped up the hunt Tuesday for a suspected serial killer after a human skull and bones, potential ninth and 10th victims, were found in separate locations on Long Island. Police began investigating the so-called “Craigslist Ripper” in December after the remains of four prostitutes,…
Four die in New York stabbing spree
NEW YORK – At least four New Yorkers were killed in a stabbing spree by a man whose rampage left a trail of blood from an immigrant neighborhood to touristy Times Square, police said Sunday. The 23-year-old suspect, Maksim Gelman, was wrestled by police to the floor of a Subway…
Failure to plead guilty not grounds for death sentence: Court
An appeals court overturned Wednesday the death sentence of the convicted killer of two undercover New York police officers, saying prosecutors unfairly tried to influence the jury in the case. The federal Court of Appeals in New York upheld Ronell Wilson’s conviction for the 2003 murders but said the death…
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