Video: NYPD White Shirt Uses Baton To Beat Occupy Wall Street Protesters

The big Occupy Wall Street march which drew thousands to lower Manhattan ended calmly, but things between the protesters and the NYPD have escalated in the past hour or so: Occupy Wall Street spokesman Patrick Bruner says, "Reports of our medics treating several pepper sprayed protesters. Mounted police officers. Barricades block Broadway and Liberty." And then there's this video of a high-ranking NYPD official (wearing a white shirt) batoning protesters who are trying to breach a barrier:

Here's video from another angle, via The Awl:

MyFoxNY reports, "Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace from a police officer and Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan was hit by what he believes was an officer's baton." Both were okay and continued to report:

Occupy Wall Street Protest Arrests; Fox 5 Crew Hit by Mace, Baton: MyFoxNY.com

And here's video of one cop he hoped his nightstick would get a "workout" tonight.

Police apparently started to pepper spray protesters when they tried to cross over to Wall Street. While some protesters returned to Zuccotti Park, others remained and tried to pass the police barricades. Police also kettled protesters there. The Daily News reporter Christina Boyle Tweeted after 10 p.m., "Helicopter hovering overhead as crowd go east on Platt St then south on Pearl. Don't think it's more than 200 walking. Majority are young."

Earlier in the evening, Bucky Turco Tweeted, "Crowd surrounding Michael Moore at #occupywallst. He walked over and thanked a group of NYPD officers. Asked them to join the movement." Here's video of Michael Moore addressing the demonstrators, and a full photo feature on yesterday's march.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 5, 2011 10:11 PM

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Bill sgarrini

Police should be arresting the CEOs and actual theives inside of Wall street. This is ugly and I think sooner than later guns will be used on both sides. I salute the protesters

Jeffery Roan

I say pepper spray the cops! Have a pepper spray fight. Kinda like a water ballon fight but for adults.

Guest

I really hate to say this but a few cops need to get their heads bashed in at this protest. Treat the cops like they treat the public.

Investigate-NWO-globalists

White-shirt needs to be charged with assault & battery!!!

uponfifth

Where the hell is Bloomberg in all this? He has nothing to say about the NYPD beating people up in our streets? This is as bad as Chicago with Mayor Daley.

Guest

Bloomberg, just like Kelly, could not give one damn about the abuse by the NYPD.

Nebulous Rekaburb

FUUUUCK YOOOOOUUUUU, --->Officer Connolly!!!!

Guest

I usually don't like when people use expletives but in this case I salute you. I'd like to say that to this slops face.

PubliusC

He looks like a thug.

bobbyjfromtheuk12

The "scrum", I think you added an r by mistake

edgie168

did i make 2hard4uc delete his account? his comments are showing up as "guest"

edgie168

this is how you fight with sticks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

lol

NYU2

Don't wake up the sleeping giant!!!!!! The minute Bloomberg gives the order to get his city back (Tompkins Square Park/Crown Heights) these midwest hippies aren't going to know what hit them!!!! Let's just say I wouldn't want to be anywhere near these crazy cops when that happens. I've been a New Yorker my whole life and during college did some journalism following the NYPD. They aren't the best for no reason. This isn't Seattle Washington. You've been warned!!!!!

mikecherepko

You engage in a lot of regional contrasting for someone who admits to have never lived anywhere else.

GalBklyn

meanwhile in LA, the (very popular) mayor is handing out ponchos to protect the protesters from the rain...

http://www.dailynews.com/news/...

this is getting interesting. Looks like bloom and kelly might just be at the wrong end of the stick...

ohgodkillmenow

Interesting how cops tend to crowd together. Let's hope nobody decides to throw a nice pipe filled with match heads and crushed glassed into that crowd...

LICnative

Good thinking. Every cause needs a martyr. They write songs about them, think Horst Wessel with a grunge feel.

Would you mind not tossing those weapons and hiding behind peaceful protesters? They might not want to go down on your ship.

whitecastlerock

More cop violence porn

Snuglife

Everyone who posts on here is always right. No one can ever be wrong.

Gothamist_Cynic

These videos are always one-sided. Why don't they have footage of what happened leading up to the cop beating the crap out of the protestors?