The Manhattan DA's office has dropped charges against an Occupy Wall Street protester just as the protester's attorney was poised to subpoena Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna. Marisa Holmes was videotaping Bologna discharging pepper spray into a group of protesters when she was charged with obstructing governmental administration. "I would have loved to see 'Tony Baloney' on the stand," Holmes told the Daily News. But Bologna still might get his day in court, as two women have sued Bologna and the city over the incident. more ›

A NJ cop responding to a 3 a.m. panic alarm at a 7-Eleven in Bridgeton, NJ found a woman attacking a 7-Eleven employee. And apparently the woman was driven into a rage because...there were no hot sausages at the store. more ›

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 ›

Hold on, Columbia University students—you may not be able to major in "Mic-Checking The Man" anymore! A course offered by the Ivy League school's Anthropology Department titled "Occupy the Field" has been evicted from the school's course bulletin Was Tony Bologna involved? more ›

Pepper spraying isn't just for nonchalant cops and Wal-Mart shoppers, it's fun for ALL ages! A 15-year-old girl allegedly pepper sprayed over a dozen people in the cafeteria of a Bronx high school today, shortly before 1 p.m. The NYPD press office didn't have any information for us about the incident, but a source tells NBC New York that 15 students were treated at the scene and about four to five were taken to the hospital. Now we just have to wait for a photo of the teen to be released so we can get cracking on the next fun Photoshop meme. more ›

Nine Harlem teens were sent to the hospital after a 14-year-old girl reportedly pepper sprayed her classmates yesterday. The incident occurred yesterday around 2 p.m. at the Academy for Social Action, which is one of four schools at 509 W. 129th Street. One student told the Post that the girl had reportedly "sprayed the irritant indiscriminately into the air." more ›

Pepper spray is all the rage these days, with law enforcers wielding it against protesters from downtown Manhattan to UC Davis, where video of a campus cop nonchalantly spraying a group of peaceful demonstrators has sparked widespread outrage. But one of the modern pepper spray's developers says it wasn't supposed to be this way, and he's rather appalled at his weapon's ubiquitous use against non-violent protesters. more ›

Three 15-year-old boys playing handball in Sara Roosevelt Park last night at around 7:40 p.m. were approached by a group of six men and one woman. According to the NYPD, the group brandished a pistol and demanded that the teenagers empty their pockets. When they refused, the boys were shot with pepper spray, and the assailants ran. more ›

Seventeen students from the Bronx High School For Law & Community Service were sent to St. Barnabus Hospital and treated for minor injuries after an unknown assailant entered the building and discharged a substance that authorities believe is pepper spray. The school was evacuated shortly after the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. A DCPI representative tells us that no one is in custody and they haven't yet identified the assailant. more ›

Gripe all you want about those lame "fun" sized candy bars handed out at the Bloomberg Manor for Halloween, at least they didn't come with excruciating jets of spicy liquid. MyBlockNYC has a video shot Friday night in Alphabet City on Avenue A at 6th Street that shows Halloween weekend revelers being nonchalantly pepper-sprayed by a NYPD officer, before another tackles two men on the sidewalk. 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 ›

An NYPD veteran was arrested this morning and accused of indiscriminately pepper-spraying two people without proper caues. No, not Tony Bologna (star of the new hit series The Vigilogna), but rather Officer Admir Kacamakovic, who has been on the force for seven years and assigned to the 62nd Precinct. According to the FBI, Kacamakovic, while on duty and in uniform, pepper-sprayed two patrons outside his cousin's bar in 2008 while screaming, "No one f***s with my cousin’s place!" And his deep concern for his cousin's business didn't end there, prosecutors allege. 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 ›

A Bronx mother and daughter were arrested yesterday after it came out that the mother gave the 17-year-old girl pepper spray to use against bullies at her high school. Tracy Morales, 38, is accused of giving her four months pregnant daughter Clerissa Loucks a canister of pepper spray and encouraging her to use it. "Three females jumped her and beat her up so badly in the cafeteria the ambulance had to be called. I'd give her the Mace again," Morales defended herself. more ›

Yesterday evening, we received a tip about the Lexington Avenue subway line at 59th Street, "5 train gas scare at about 6:15. I followed a mob of passengers waiting on the platform as they ran out of the station yelling and holding their noses. I couldn't get an answer out of anyone that made sense." Well, it turns out a woman used her pepper spray on the train—which then sickened her fellow passengers. more ›

A NYPD Blotter item in the Post says, "Four thugs jumped a 28-year-old woman as she walked along a West Village street, sources said. The victim was on King Street near Sixth Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when one female fiend in the group shot pepper spray at her... The bandits made off with her wallet, which had $20, a MetroCard and a credit card." The 6th Precinct, which covers the West Village and (west) Soho west of 6th Avenue, is down 9% for robberies (PDF) this year compared to the same period last year. more ›

Did actor Roberto De Niro have his driver do his dirty work for him? According to the NY Post, his driver Vladimir Labissiere pepper sprayed a TMZ videographer earlier today at LaGuardia Airport after he had filmed the actor. This took place just before 11 a.m. in the Delta Terminal, but reportedly De Niro had already passed security and didn't witness the incident, which began with some verbal sparring. Labissiere managed to hit not only his target with a dose of the spray, but a passerby as well; he fled the scene immediately and the NYPD are trying to track him down to question him about the incident... which we assume is all on tape and will be hitting TMZ any minute now. more ›

Suffolk County police arrested a woman for pepper spraying a cab driver who had driven her from Manhattan to Melville, Long Island. According to 1010 WINS, "Amina Williams, 22-year-old woman from Redwood City, Calif. arranged for the cabbie, Alexandre Oseimensuo of New Jersey, to drive her from Manhattan to Melville, Long Island" and "agreed on a fare of $150." However, once in Melville, she only offered $80—but Oseimensuo wanted the full fare. Then Williams allegedly sprayed him with pepper spray. She was charged with assault and unlawful possession of noxious material. more ›

NY1 reports 12 students were hospitalized "after a pepper spray fight erupted in the school cafeteria." The East Fordham Road building, which houses a number of schools, was evacuated in an apparently confusing manner. Students said, "If it was a real emergency, if it was a fire, we probably would have been the last ones to get out," and "Most people were pushing. It was scary. And they didn't really organize it when we were outside, because some people were saying to either go home or stay in." more ›

After the dust cleared in yesterday's New School building occupation and police confrontation that resulted in 22 arrests, demonstrations continued into the night Friday with around 200 protesters marching south from Union Square towards President Bob Kerrey's house before being blocked off by police officers at 11th Street. more ›

A Queens woman who says a police officer used excessive force when he pepper sprayed her in the face during an arrest is suing the city for $3 million. According to the Daily News, Naeema Screven was rushing to catch the A train at the Broadway station in Brooklyn when she ducked under the yellow tape that divided the staircase into "up" and "down." That's a no-no. When she reached the bottom, she was stopped by Officer Elix Hernandez and asked to show identification. more ›

It was the trifecta when the FDNY responded to three different schools where pepper spray had been released. NY1 has the rundown: The first was at A. Philiip Randolph Campus High School in Harlem. It's unclear what the circumstances were, but one student was taken to a hospital with chest pains while 16 others had burning eyes and itchy throats. The second was at a Chelsea high school, where a "14-year-old sprayed pepper spray in the cafeteria"; five students were taken to the hospital for treatment and the 14-year-old was arrested. The final one was at St. Francis Prep in Queens, where a "student claimed it fell out of her purse and discharged." She was taken into custody as 11 people were taken to hospitals. more ›