Occupy Wall Street Journalist Tim Pool Hit By Masked Man Last Night [View all]

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Wow watch the video!

Reporter goes after the masked men

"Isn't Transparency a principle of Solidarity?....If you break that you should not be a part of this movement."

"Violence attacks on anybody are not welcome here."

Hundreds of people marched through Manhattan last night to protest the mass arrests in Oakland the day before. In some ways, the action was a lot like many Occupy Wall Street marches that have come before -- chanting, weaving through neighborhoods, occasionally sprinting to outflank the police, finally petering out.

But there were some new elements too: More of the protesters wore black and masked their faces, a protest tactic called Black Bloc that makes it harder for police to pick individuals out of the crowd. Snapple-bottles and soda cans were thrown at police. And a well-known video journalist was assaulted by a masked marcher.

Tim Pool was covering the march last night, livestreaming his video and commentary, when a masked protester ahead of him whirled and struck him, knocking the phone he uses as a camera out of his hands. (You can see Pool's video below.)

Luke Rudkowski, another Occupy Wall Street journalist who livestreams as We Are Change, was nearby. He pulled the attacker's mask down, and captured him on camera. This morning, Rudkowski tweeted stills showing the attacker's face.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/01/occupy_wall_str_44.php


Thanks to pinboy3niner this is the correct video
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20106207/highlight/237057

(the one linked with the article, doesn't show the attack on Tim Pool)