Is this the officer that was first reportedly "knocked off his motorcycle"? Or this another incident?
I am not sure if its the same incident...
tomorrow is supposed to be real bad...
(New York- WABC August 31, 2004) Police are bracing for a number of orchestrated demonstrations on Tuesday. Protest leaders are threatening civil disobedience and police say large numbers of arrests are expected.
Media were denied at a strategy session of activists and anarchists in Brooklyn Monday night. When we arrived in the warehouse where they were meeting, we were politely asked to leave. Outside though, a number of protestors- many here from the west coast solely for tomorrow's day of disobedience - did speak, and told us they're here because they oppose violence.
But it was clear by a standoff between protestors and police on Eighth Avenue Monday night, that some welcome and encouraged confrontation with the cops