A NYPD union president claims that Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna is being used as a scapegoat for his decision to pepper spray a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters in September. "Let's remember who created the atmosphere. He didn't do anything wrong using the pepper spray," Sergeant Ed Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association told the Staten Island Advance. "He made a decision to use the pepper spray and it wasn't popular. It's a failure [on the part of NYPD higher-ups] to take responsibility. There's a lack of leadership." more ›

NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, who was filmed pepper spraying a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters near Union Square in September, has been sued by two of the women who were injured in the incident. According to the Daily News, Chelsea Elliot and Jeanne Mansfield are suing Bologna and the city for damages for "physical pain and mental suffering." "I think he allowed his emotions to get the best of him," Mansfield said. more ›

Felix Rivera-Pitre, the protester who was punched by NYPD Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona during a Occupy Wall Street march on October 14, met with the Manhattan DA's office yesterday. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne had claimed that Rivera-Pitre attempted to elbow Cardona, and that they intended to arrest him. more ›

Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, who was twice caught on tape discharging pepper spray on seemingly innocent protesters, has been reassigned from his post at Patrol Borough Manhattan South to a special projects coordinator in Staten Island, where he lives. The head of the Captain's Endowment Association told the Daily News that Bologna "is an experienced professional who will work hard to excel in any assignment the commissioner directs," but this sure looks like a demotion to us. more ›

Poor Tony Bologna. Ever since video surfaced showing those two nogoodnik protesters got their pretty eyes in the way of his pepper spray, he's been widely reviled by a misinformed public. After being formally reprimanded for the incident, losing ten vacation days, and getting ridiculed by The Daily Show, Bologna is now trying to set the record straight. He's not some fascist who goes around inflicting agonizing pain on innocent young women; he's got the "best intentions." And he tells veteran crime reporter Murray Weiss he's been "tortured" since the incident. more ›

Yesterday we reported that a protester was struck in the face by a white-shirted NYPD supervisor during clashes between demonstrators and the police. While NYPD spokesman Paul Browne has refused to identify the officer who hit Felix Rivera-Pitre, eyewitnesses (as well as police sources informing the Daily News) identify him as Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona. Cardona allegedly grabbed a woman by the throat shortly before Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna discharged pepper spray on a corralled group of women in September. more ›

One of the women pepper-sprayed by the police officer Anthony Bologna now wants the high-ranking "white shirt" to be charged with assault. Kaylee Dedrick, who was seemingly cooperating with police who put her into a kettling pen during an Occupy Wall Street march on September 24, only to be pepper-sprayed by Bologna, has “suffered serious physical pain as a result of this attack," according to a letter from her lawyer, Ron Kuby, to Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance. more ›

Jon Stewart turned his attention to the Occupy Wall Street protests on The Daily Show last night, homing in on infamous pepper spray officer Anthony Bologna, who was caught spraying demonstrators in two videos. After showing the first video, Stewart tried to give the high-ranking officer the benefit of the doubt, speculating that perhaps, since it was a hot day, he was "reaching for his canister of cooling, cucumber mist spray—and grabbed the pepper spray by accident." more ›

The NYPD has given extra personal security to Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, who was caught on multiple videos pepper-spraying protesters around Union Square last weekend, in response to his personal information being released by Anonymous. Bologna, who is now being investigated by the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, has been reportedly receiving death threats and harassing calls at his home. Police are also providing extra security to his family. more ›

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters at a press conference earlier today that the Internal Affairs Bureau will review Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna's decision to use pepper spray on demonstrators during Saturday's Occupy Wall Street protests. "I don't know what precipitated that specific incident," Kelly said, referring to the first of two videos released showing Bologna discharging the spray. According to the Times, Kelly added that the protestors were engaged in "tumultuous conduct" and seemed "intent on blocking traffic." more ›

On Monday, the hacking group Anonymous revealed the personal information of NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, who allegedly discharged pepper spray on demonstrators during Saturday's Occupy Wall Street protests. Now, a blogger for Daily Kos has released video of a second use of pepper spray by the NYPD showing Deputy Inspector Bologna discharging pepper spray on bystanders, the camera operator, and in the immediate vicinity of a fellow NYPD officer. more ›