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(38,893 posts) Thu Jan 10, 2013, 09:14 PM Jan 2013

Occupy Wall Street protester Felix Rivera-Pitre sues high-ranking NYPD officer Johnny Cardona

Occupy Wall Street protester Felix Rivera-Pitre sues high-ranking NYPD officer Johnny Cardona

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ows-protestor-sues-nypd-face-punch-article-1.1237608#ixzz2Hd1NuHry

An Occupy Wall Street protester filed a lawsuit Thursday against an NYPD deputy inspector who was caught on video allegedly punching him in the face.

Felix Rivera-Pitre, 37, of Brooklyn, claims Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona swung several punches at him during a demonstration in the financial district on Oct. 14, 2011.

His lawyer Ron Kuby said the force of the blow knocked Rivera-Pitre to the ground and ripped an earring from his ear.

(More at the link. I remember this; cop ran up to him and did a full swing to his face; people in the crowd bellowed in outrage and disbelief...)

Unfortunately, this is not the only time NYPD punched an Occupier in the face:

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Good, make them pay in civil court if the Government will not protect its citizens from these sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #1

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1. Good, make them pay in civil court if the Government will not protect its citizens from these

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 01:28 AM

Jan 2013

Wall St employees. Let Wall St their salaries, they sure don't work for the people.

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