1 of 3: National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, NYC.  Excessive NYPD presence!
Channel: Wess Mongo Jolley
Date: 2011-10-22

CLIP 1 of 3:  The 16th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation: October 22, 2011, New York City. The turnout for this rally was impressive, and the crowd was energized. After a rally at Union Station, where we heard powerful stories from mothers who had lost their children at the hands of the NYPD (among others), we marched through the Lower East Side. I wanted to post these three clips to show the massive and totally out-of-proportion police presence, that really had no purpose except intimidation--especially considering what this rally was protesting.  There were literally HUNDREDS of police accompanying this march.  Enough to have them lining the march two deep on all sides much of the time, and keeping the whole group of us inside this bubble.  I'd forgotten how intimidating it was to have the police pen you in and be at their mercy.  This was ridiculous, and the NYPD should be ashamed.  No wonder the bystander