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　　New York police accused of heavy-handed tactics as 80 anti-capitalist protesters on 'Occupy Wall Street' march are arrested

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　　The anti-capitalist protests that have become something of a fixture in Lower Manhattan over the past week or so have taken on a distinctly ugly turn.

　　

　　Police have been accused of heavy-handed tactics after making 80 arrests on Saturday when protesters marched uptown from their makeshift camp in a private park in the financial district.

　　

　　Footage has emerged on YouTube showing stocky police officers coralling a group of young female protesters and then spraying them with mace, despite being surrounded and apparently posing threats of only the verbal kind.

　　

　　NYPD officers strung orange netting across the streets to trap groups of protesters, a tactic described by some of them as "kettling" –a term more commonly used by critics of a similar tactic deployed by police in London to contain potentially violent demonstrations there.

　　

　　The media here in New York has been accused of being slow off the mark to cover the demonstrations, which have been going on for more than a week. The Guardian was one of the first mainstream news organisation to give detailed coverage to the protests –here are some links to our earlier coverage.

　　

　　• This is a gallery of photographs taken by John Stuttle last weekend.
•Karen McVeigh visited the camp in Zuccotti Park on Monday
•Later in the week, Paul Harris recorded video interviews with some of the protesters.

　　

　　Now, however, the local media has paid more attention –almost certainly because Saturday's protest became disruptive, bringing chaos to the busy Union Square area and forcing the closure of streets.

　　

　　The New York Times quoted one protester, Kelly Brannon, 27, of Ridgewood, Queens:

　　

　　They put up orange nets and tried to kettle us and we started running and they started tackling random people and handcuffing them. They were herding us like cattle.

　　

　　The scenes are showing signs of attracting high-profile criticism. Anne-Marie Slaughter, who was director of policy planning, at the State Department from 2009 to 2011, said on Twitter: "Not the image or reality the US wants, at home or abroad," linking to a picture of a police officer kneeling on a protester pinned to the ground.

　　

　　Here's an extract from a Reuters report, which said the demonstrators were protesting against "bank bailouts, the mortgage crisis and the US state of Georgia's execution of Troy Davis".

　　

　　At Manhattan's Union Square, police tried to corral the demonstrators using orange plastic netting. Some of the arrests were filmed and activists posted the videos online.

　　

　　Police say the arrests were mostly for blocking traffic. Charges include disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. But one demonstrator was charged with assaulting a police officer. Police say the officer involved suffered a shoulder injury.

　　

　　Protest spokesman Patrick Bruner criticized the police response as "exceedingly violent" and said the protesters sought to remain peaceful

　　

　　And this is a fuller take from Associated Press.

　　

　　The marchers carried signs spelling out their goals: "Tax the rich," one placard said. "We Want Money for Healthcare not Corporate Welfare," read another.

　　

　　The demonstrators were mostly college-age people carrying American flags and signs with anti-corporate slogans. Some beat drums, blew horns and chanted slogans as uniformed officers surrounded and videotaped them.

　　

　　"Occupy Wall Street," they chanted, "all day, all week."

　　

　　Organizers fell short of that goal. With metal barricades and swarms of police officers in front of the New York Stock Exchange, the closest protesters could get was Liberty Street, about three blocks away.

　　

　　The Vancouver-based activist media group Adbusters organized the weeklong event. Word spread via social media, yet the throngs of protesters some participants had hoped for failed to show up.

　　

　　"I was kind of disappointed with the turnout," said Itamar Lilienthal, 19, a New York University student and marcher.

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　　25 September 2011 6:43AM

　　

　　It seems that, in the US as in the UK, the right to freedom of speech and to protest is protected as long as we don't try to use it...

Recommend (50) Report abuse | Link bunfight 　　

　　25 September 2011 6:47AM

　　

　　why is this not on the front page and why does you tube keep resetting the view count of the embedded video

　　

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935 likes, 78 dislikes...

　　

　　485 views.

Recommend (36) Report abuse | Link bimballace 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:09AM

　　

　　Meanwhile, within 2 days of the execution of Troy Davis, a soldier who "pleaded guilty to murder without premeditation [and] possession of a finger bone taken from an Afghan corpse" gets a prison sentence of 7 years (as described here and here).

　　

　　The LA Times article details the predictable character references and expressions of remorse, and of course (rightly) points out the soldier's age at the time of his crime; but I'm still left more than a little uneasy when I consider the crime-and-punishment inclinations of my fellow Americans.

Recommend (37) Report abuse | Link denrus 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:10AM

　　

　　This is getting much more coverage around the world than in the US. What's up with that

Recommend (21) Report abuse | Link buddednip 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:26AM

　　

　　"brick by brick I am breaking through these walls"

　　

　　Keep it coming guys. Don' t let the b*st*rds grind you down.

Recommend (15) Report abuse | Link chrisforward 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:32AM

　　

　　"The media here in New York has been accused of being slow off the mark to cover the demonstrations, which have been going on for more than a week"

　　

　　The Tea-Party Twats got plenty of coverage.

Recommend (20) Report abuse | Link loveyk 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:35AM

　　

　　@ ibunfight it's not just youtube. twitter has been blocking the hashtag #occupywallstreet from trending since the occupation began on the 17th.

　　also, there has been news that those occupying are being denied coffee from local restaurants (i.e- burger king) - so most of the nearby businesses are in on it as well. no surprise there.

　　

　　I've been following most of the developments from this site:

Recommend (18) Report abuse | Link magicmidget 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:36AM

　　

　　In the US as in the UK most of these protestors will no doubt come from comfortable middle-class - or wealthier - backgrounds, having had everything provided for them, including university tuition fees, by their parents all their respective lives. This is just the student protest phase that they have never grown out of.

Recommend (4) Report abuse | Link falconprince 　　

　　25 September 2011 7:36AM

　　

　　Is it so surprising that the youth are protesting How long before the great majority of Americans who are disgusted at what has transpired in the financial world and the resulting chaos and misery across the country join the kids and begin to protest too

　　

　　The fact is that American politicians have done this to their country, and it's about time that the financial excesses committed by Wall St. are reined in. This doesn't happen because because the political class are dependent upon the wealthy to retain their positions. Laws that protect society from financial exploitation have been rescinded (for instance, Glass-Steagall Act), new laws that favor corporate influence have been have been enacted by a right-leaning Supreme Court (Corporations are "people") and the balance and prosperity of the country has been tilted to its detriment.

　　

　　The youth are always the first to protest - it was so in the so-called 'Arab Spring' and it was after that their parents joined in. Perhaps that is what we are seeing in the USA.