Mounted Police Confront Crowd in Times Square as Barricades Fall (Final Version)
Channel: Atiq Zabinski
Date: 11/11/2011

NYC, October 15: The Occupy Wall Street protest spread to Times Square today, and here, at 6:25 PM the police come in on horses as barricades fall before the jam-packed crowd. Some protesters try to help the police restore the barricades to protect the crowds from the horses. One cop strikes with his nightstick at protesters' hands where they touch the barricades, and another inexplicably *removes* a barricade, leaving protesters exposed to the horses. Later, a mounted captain (white-shirt) appears and demands "where's the barricade that was here?" 

Fear is quite visible in cops' faces. The scene ends with a heartfelt plea for unity.

For a more bird's-eye view of this event, see AlvaroCorzoV's video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eOmKyS7Wik

About this version: This is actually 4 minutes, 12 seconds longer than the "Complete, Edited" version I uploaded a few weeks ago. After taking another look at the original footage, I regretted having cut it as much as I had. The rapid cuts actually diminished the claustrophobic feeling that comes through more intensely here. This version includes footage left out of both the "Complete" version and the "Unedited" version, which consists of two long takes hastily uploaded without any editing.
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