Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons

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http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/occupy-wall-street-protest-broadens-scope-20111005#ixzz1ZxrheLZ0

MYFOXNY.COM - The protests on Wall Street continue to grow. The rallies and their participants are showing no signs of slowing down. Wednesday evening, crowds surged past barriers and NYPD officers moved in to contain the protesters. By many accounts, mayhem broke out.

Officers swatted protesters with batons and sprayed them with mace, according to video from the scene.

Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace, and Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan was hit by what he believes was an officer's baton.

Both were all right and continued to cover the protests and arrests.

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Video: NYPD White Shirt Uses Baton To Beat Occupy Wall Street Protesters
The big Occupy Wall Street march which drew thousands to lower Manhattan ended calmly, but things between the protesters and the NYPD have escalated in the past hour or so: Occupy Wall Street spokesman Patrick Bruner says, "Reports of our medics treating several pepper sprayed protesters. Mounted police officers. Barricades block Broadway and Liberty." And then there's this video of a high-ranking NYPD official (wearing a white shirt) batoning protesters:

MyFoxNY reports, "Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace from a police officer and Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan was hit by what he believes was an officer's baton." Both were okay and continued to report

Michael Moore
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Even working for Fox will not protect you from being maced tonite:

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1. Wow Murdoch must be having fits.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/occupy-wall-street-protest-broadens-scope-20111005#ixzz1ZxrheLZ0