Video: Welcome to the Police State: NYC Cops Mace Peaceful Protestors Against Wall Street

25 September 2011 — Naked Capitalism

Welcome to the Police State: NYC Cops Mace Peaceful Protestors Against Wall Street

I’m beginning to wonder whether the right to assemble is effectively dead in the US. No one who is a wage slave (which is the overwhelming majority of the population) can afford to have an arrest record, even a misdemeanor, in this age of short job tenures and rising use of background checks.

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