Man’s Leg Pinned Under Police Motorcycle at Protest - OWS - video/pics

[Kadie]

October 14, 2011, 2:24 PM
Man’s Leg Pinned Under Police Motorcycle at Protest
By AL BAKER

Updated, 2:39 p.m. | Amid the chaos in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning after the cleanup of Zuccotti Park was postponed and the Occupy Wall Street protesters marched through the streets, a man identified as a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild was apparently injured by a police motorcycle.

A video posted to YouTube appears to show an officer on a motorcycle, after the man’s leg is beneath the motorcycle’s rear tire, leaving the motorcycle parked on the man’s leg to go off to pursue protesters while the man writhes in pain.

Another video, on the Local East Village, appears to show the man being dragged away from the motorcycle by the police and arrested moments later.

The man, Ari Douglas, is a volunteer legal observer for the guild, which has been providing legal aid to the protesters.

more and (graphic) video at link...
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/mans-leg-pinned-under-police-motorcycle-at-protest/?partner=rss&emc=rss


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pics

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video link...
http://vimeo.com/30550909

[ixion]

1. running over a lawyer: lawsuit in the making...

further, leaving the bike parked on him shows battery inflicted with malice and intent.

[PeaceNikki]

4. Volunteer legal observers are not typically attorneys.

They are volunteers trained to gather information in cases of possible or suspected civil rights violations.

Though it looks like his case is well-documented.

[ixion]

6. fair enough, point taken

but working for the Lawyer's Guild, you'd figure he'd have good access to legal power.

[cui bono]

2. At around :20 in it you see an officer in th bg lift up his baton as if he

were about to hit the pinned guy.

[justiceischeap]

5. It's in the second photo as well

[Downwinder]

3. Hit and run.

[ohheckyeah]

7. This is what is being said

(from you fist link):

But the head police spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said Mr. Douglas “was not trapped.”

“Independent witnesses said he purposely put his legs under the scooter and then claimed falsely he was trapped,” Mr. Browne said.

The Daily News quoted one of its photographers, Joseph Marino, as saying that the scooter “definitely hit” Mr. Douglas but did not run him over. “I saw him sticking his legs under the bike to make it appear he was run over,” Mr. Marino said.

Mr. Browne said he was also told by The Associated Press that one of its photographers witnessed Mr. Douglas deliberately putting his feet under the scooter.

Sure didn't look like he was faking it to me.

[sabrina 1]

8. Browne again! That man would tell you the sky was green

with a straight face if he felt it necessary to do so to try to cover for the NYPD. His credibility is questionable at best. He is close friends for years with his boss and is sent out to tell the official story every time the NYPD make a disgrace of themselves. In some ways I have sympathy for him as they keep him busy and it's hard to keep trying to excuse the inexusable, but he tries.

[Skidmore]

9. KO had the man's attorney on just now. He's still in custody but

required emergency medical services.