Posted on 10/06/2011 11:35:48 PM PDT by matt04
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly had some strong words for “Occupy Wall Street” protesters Thursday, blaming participants for starting skirmishes which led to more than 20 arrests on Wednesday.
“What they did is they counted. They actually had a countdown — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 — they grouped together, they joined arms and they charged the police. They attacked the police. They wanted to get into Wall Street, they wanted to occupy Wall Street,” Kelly told reporters.
Police arrested 28 people Wednesday — mostly for disorderly conduct. There was at least one arrest for assaulting a police officer and police said one protester even knocked an officer off his scooter.
Kelly said that if demonstrators targeted the police, authorities would respond with “force.”
“They’re going to be met with force when they do that — this is just common sense,” he said.
The commissioner said protesters were told to stay within the barricades that police had erected and when they crossed over them they began hassling the cops.
“These people wanted to have confrontation with the police for whatever reason. Somehow, I guess it works to their purposes,” Kelly said.
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But Brookfield Office Properties, which owns Zuccotti Park, seems to be slowly building a case against protesters, saying Thursday that the protestors are interfering with the use of the park by others and are creating sanitary problems.
“Sanitation is a growing concern,” Brookfield said in a statement. “Normally the park is cleaned and inspected every weeknight. . . because the protestors refuse to cooperate. . .the park has not been cleaned since Friday, September 16th and as a result, sanitary conditions have reached unacceptable levels.”
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Didn’t see the number of tazed. Will re-read.
Lennon became a conservative towards the end of his life...I believe he would have been out with the TEA party instead of the Flea Party....
No they won’t be! They are all Democrats....nothing will happen if they do something to a cop.....NOTHING!!!!
I’ve seen some of the reporting that Lennon may have become more conservative in his later years. If so, kudos to him. A little hard to believe though. I keep thinking of he and Yoko in bed doing interviews. Makes me want to wash by brain with clorox.
Kelly to cops: Get ready for some stick time. That is what this rabble needs, a good shot across the side of their heads. If you don’t remember the anti war protests of the 60’s know this, they stopped right after the draft was abolished...see, the anti war chant was a straw horse. Same here, all they want is their lives put back in order that is being taken care of by someone else.
Wood shampoo’s for all!!!
Believe it or not, he was a big supporter of Reagan. I believe it’s documented in a book about him.
“Please bust some hippie heads open and beat some sense into them.”
Bring back the REAL Mayor Daley and 500 Chicago police.
... or soap.
Thats because conservatives are respectful church going folks. socialist are? well let their actions speak for them.
Geesh. And you, Mr Kelly, will get no call for calm from the president.
Those are his campaign peeps out there.
mr president plans to make your life, Mr Kelly, miserable for some time to come.
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