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NYPD Investigating Officer for Pepper-Spraying Wall Street Protesters

HeadlineSep 29, 2011

The New York City Police Department is reportedly investigating the conduct of a senior officer who was filmed pepper-spraying a number of individuals during the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest last weekend. On Wednesday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced his department’s internal affairs division is investigating the conduct of Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, who was identified in a video that depicts four young women trapped behind a police net being indiscriminately pepper-sprayed. A second video has now surfaced that shows Bologna pepper-spraying a separate group of individuals on Saturday, including a man wearing a press pass. Bologna is currently the subject of pending legal action brought by a protester involved in the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. The Occupy Wall Street campaign has based itself in New York City’s Financial District and drawn thousands of supporters from around the world over the course of the last 12 days, including prominent figures such as Michael Moore and Cornel West. The demonstration is based at a privately owned, public plaza approximately 1,000 yards from Wall Street itself.

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