"I was just going out for a drink when I inserted myself in the protest of the arrest of a demonstrator and asked my friend to photograph the event (for later propagation/prosecution)".
Does not pass the smell test.
The percentage of innocent bystanders, who were minding their own business, and just happened to detour through a protest only to be falsely arrested by the NYPD goon-squad is mind-boggling.
"I was just going out for a drink when I inserted myself in the protest of the arrest of a demonstrator and asked my friend to photograph the event (for later propagation/prosecution)".
Does not pass the smell test.""
NO KIDDING!!! How many people are "just going out for a drink" and are carrying a CAMERA with them? I am over 64 and I don't EVER remember doing this- taking a camera when I was "just going out with a friend for a drink". If we were attending a gathering in celebration of a birthday or something, that would be different. But this little protestor doesn't say there was any celebration happening. Some of these shitheads need to learn that "If you ain't got a dog in the fight, stay out of it altogether". Zero compassion from this corner of the world.