You know.... I think some of these students are whiney little brats but I have to say that it looks like the NYPD is up to it's old tricks again. Did it really take 4 cops to arrest the one guy (who did not seem to be putting up much of a fight) who's only crime seems to be yelling "shame on you" over and over? I wonder how many of them it takes to write a double parking ticket.

I love the kid acting tough, yelling at the cops and then cries like a baby while getting handcuffed. Idiot.

What a joke. Kids today are the whiniest, spoiled wussies ever. I loved the emo boy who kept accosting the cops "Shame on you!" and then like a true starving artist learning his craft at the NY Film Academy began to wither and cry violently as if he were being attacked (he wasn't). I felt embarrassed just watching them make complete fools of themselves.

a big thank you and nice work to the freelance journalist Brandon Jourdan who took this tape. i was in the area and the police had the whole area closed off to vehicle and ped traffic. From university and 13th you couldn't walk west. Keep the witnesses away keep the keep the cameras away.

nice to see what really happend get out, hope more video shows up. NYPD hitting people for yelling at them? i dont think a helmey is an approved device to stop a side walk yeller. City of NY really should stop indemnifying these cops that clearly violate nypd policy.

let them get personally sued too, just like any of us would if we assaulted someone with a weapon.

wonder what the helmet smacking cop has in his sworn report.

agreed, the police can't hit kids for yelling. the police should be arrested for assault.

What a bunch of shits. Did they have to scream like girls when getting arrested? It's embarrassing to watch.

Crying like the boys the are?

It is interesting to note that the use of video during protests can be helpful both to police and arrestee. Obviously the police are aware they cannot stop people from video-taping public events. The guy yelling on the street is probably deserving of a disorderly violation; the woman walking at the end, if arrested, would probably have a case against a violation. In any event, the crying foul on the street is ridicules. If you tango with police, be prepared to get arrested. Use the time for 1st amendment purposes, not to cry to mama.

well done nypd, i hope all you stupid yuppies feel the hard end of a police baton.

the poor misguided youth!! they commit criminal acts, and get treated as criminals by the nypd, get over it. your reactions are comical. try studying law then come reply to these stories.

nypd brutality?!?! walk a day in a cops shoes, your opinion WILL change. police are the most under appreciated and second guessed group on the planet, and its complete bullshit.

i hope the day you critics need the cops, they take their sweet time and stop at every red traffic light, then circle the block to find a legal parking spot, cause god knows if they dont, some asshole critic will be there with a camera to cry police corruption.

yeah!

~wouldn't it be great if cops cracked the bones of ALL protesters? *sigh* if only more of these kinda cops woulda been on hand during the civil rights movement & Viet Nam war protests. They woulda shown those punk kids what a REAL U-S-A patriot is all about. love it or leave it (*hopefully, in a bodybag, right?). That guy who taped the Rodney King beating should been sent to Guantanmo for makin' da police look bad! Poor cops. :(

j/k

PIGS

The prison industry is hungry, 2 million people are behind bars now. Thats 1 out of every 100 people. And now that the Corrections Corporation of America-CCA is the largest maker of private prisons, there's a good chance you or a family member will be thrown in for the stupidest of infractions. The government is becoming a hungry monster, sucking all your tax dollars away without a care in the world. Spending it on shyt like this. This is only the beginning people, pretty soon you wont be able to pass a 20 dollar bill without it being taxed. Your silence on where your taxes go kills innocent people in iraq and pays for programs that suck the life out of your fellow humans- this country will continue to barely function under the guise of Department Of Corrections. They don't correct anything they just make a buck off you. Welcome to the new era of Prison Profiteering.

There's a reason why Brits call cops "The Filth".

The fact that many people seem to consider the behavior of the police on this video to be acceptable is really troubling. We are paying these people to protect us, not beat up college kids. I don't care how misguided or immature you consider the protesters to be, this is not how our police should be behaving. Period.

I was passing by during the occupation. First I thought it was a bomb or something because there SOOOO many cops there. What were they there to protect? Were these kids such a dire threat? Give me a break. Total over-reaction. It was a simple civil disobedience action. The police force is criminal.

"HOW DARE YOU?!"

Seriously, who the fnck do these dumbass kids think they are?

Not all New School students support this dumb action. Most of the kids are from Lang(again). Not all the students in the other schools are retarded and can be found in the lab or classrooms, totally oblivious to what went on since they have too much work as opposed to too much time on their hands.. I mean let's have a sit in in a building that bothers everyone else other than Bob Kerry.. Although, I agree that the NYPD officer who whacked the guy who was yelling out of frustation is in the wrong.

This routine of pussies and morons provoking cops so that they can film/complain about them is extremely tired, although Gothamist cna't get enough of it, obviously.

Is there any coherent statement about what this "occupation" is or was intended to achieve? It's telling that there is no mention or consideration of that in this post...assuming there is or was a point beyond the usual incoherent cry for attention and struggle for importance.

Attention students: if you don't like something about your school, you can attend a different school. Good luck adjusting to adulthood.

That videos really shows an absolute amateur and unsupervised response on the part of the NYPD. There's nothing professional about it. Or anything to be proud of. That video is going to cost them probably around $500,000 when everything is said and done.

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