Occupy Wall Street: 'Pepper-spray' officer named in Bush (2004 Repub Nat'l Convention)protest claim

[kpete]

Source: Guardian UK

Occupy Wall Street: 'Pepper-spray' officer named in Bush protest claim
Anthony Bologna, NYPD officer named in pepper-spray incident, is accused of civil rights violations at the time of the 2004 Republican national convention protests

A senior New York police officer accused of pepper-spraying young women on the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations is the subject of a pending legal action over his conduct at another protest in the city.

The Guardian has learned that the officer, named by activists as deputy inspector Anthony Bologna, stands accused of false arrest and civil rights violations in a claim brought by a protester involved in the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican national convention.

Then, 1,800 people were arrested during protests against the Iraq war and the policies of president George W Bush.

Alan Levine, a civil rights lawyer representing Post A Posr, a protester at the 2004 event, told the Guardian that he filed an action against Bologna and another officer, Tulio Camejo, in 2007. The case, filed at the New York Southern District Court, is expected to be heard next year.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/27/occupy-wall-street-anthony-bologna

[mod mom]

1. Why is this not surprising?

Rec'd

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I guess we should just let the government and NYPD take care of this problem themselves.

Why is this shithead allowed to participate in any crowd control events?

[Eddie Haskell]

3. There's a way to stop this behavior.

Any officer who is convicted of a civil rights violation should lose his pension.

[Bozita]

4. How about prison? Let the sonofabitch meet the other felons.

A REAL fucking prison. NO SPECIAL TREATMENT.

It could be like old times for a while there.

I'll bet he's telling more lies about this pepper spraying thing right now than Martha Stewart did about exactly what, I'm not sure.. And we know what happened to her.

[Modern_Matthew]

5. A-fucking-men. nt

[Auntie Bush]

20. Plus one! Say it again! nt

[Fearless]

6. Or his job. If you do a very poor job in most places you lose it. Sounds fair to me.

[Flatulo]

22. Absolutely. You'd see an amazing attitude adjustment. nt

[ThomCat]

34. And be put in jail.

[southmost]

7. put Tony Balonie in jail!

[tsuki]

8. Why does it take 8 years to bring a case to court?

[IrishAle]

9. because corperations have to have their cases heard first

Nyet on Text.

[oldbanjo]

18. Yes, the general population is unsafe with him waiting for trial.

[rucognizant]

28. K & R

[unionworks]

10. this jerkwad

...deserves to have his career destroyed, at the least. Bastard.

[blank space]

11. Worth a thread of its own

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2011/09/26/140815394/newsworthy-determining-the-importance-of-protests-on-wall-street?ft=1&f=17370252

[Rex]

13. Wow.

"The recent protests on Wall Street did not involve large numbers of people, prominent people, a great disruption or an especially clear objective."

Yeah it involved normal working class people, so a big FUCK YOU to NPR for showing how little they care and using the GOP talking points to help The Man.

[coalition_unwilling]

14. This National Pentagon Radio ombudsman is such a pathetic

fool. But worth a look-see, I guess.

[Rex]

12. This should send the ruling elite into a real tizzy!

No wonder they sent in the DHS. Send in some pros to fuck things up.

[DocMac]

15. DHS should be on the table for spending cuts! nt

[truedelphi]

21. Not going to happen. Currently one million people get money each week

For some job-related task they do for the DHS.

One million. That is like, one out of every three hundred Americans.

DHS will only get bigger.

[JDPriestly]

32. Full employment for right-wing extremists with only high school education.

That's what the program is. That's what it always was. Lots of jobs for the undereducated conservatives -- at government expense, of course.

Remember the Soviet Union, East Germany. That's how they kept people busy -- as paid informants and snoops. Now that is work we don't need.

But so it is.

[ThomCat]

35. Where else but at homeland security can you get a secure job

sexually molesting people all day, or taking nude pictures of people and looking at them every day, without having to do any real work? x(

[slay]

16. Do violent authoritarian cops ever change?

looks like they don't.

[Enthusiast]

17. Surprise surprise....

[sce56]

19. Like I said earlier he just gave the plaintiff more evidence of his reckless attitude towards

the public he is supposed to protect and defend!

[KamaAina]

23. His mane is actually Bologna?!

You just can't make this stuff up. He sure is full of it! :rofl:

[Divine Discontent]

33. no no, he needs to go down to the court house and file paper work to change his name to

Tony Baloney! That suits him! ha!

maybe that's why he's so angry, his name...


http://www.zazzle.com/republicans_2012_keeping_millions_out_of_work_bumper_sticker-128002960205017719 http://www.cafepress.com/barackobama12

[pam4water]

24. Good info! K&R

[avaistheone1]

25. No wonder he is "so good" at what he does.

[Uncle Joe]

26. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[shanti]

27. seems like

tony baloney really enjoys "crowd control". :(

[The Wizard]

29. How about

a pepper spray enema followed by some hard time in the Gray Bar Hotel and License Plate Factory?

[radhika]

30. Does NYPD have a special Goon Squad to pound protesters?

I'm kinda thinking he's their go-to guy when the peeps speak up.

[fascisthunter]

31. it's the mentality

Germany has seen this before and so have many other country's being controlled by the right wing. You have to wonder if this guy's name was picked for him, or did his parent's make a mistake?