NYPD Police went crazy on protesters in NYC last night
Por Indymedia New York - Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 at 4:40 AM

1 Horse killed as mounted police pushed on OWS protestors in Times Square

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October 16, 2011 11:51AM EDT

By Luke-Peoples MEDIA Center

by 9pm, NYPD Police in riot gear attacked Occupy Wall St. protesters on Times Square. 15,000 people were present. Crowd not happy. Popo in riot gear retreated and the mounted police came in. Horse got knocked over. Riot cops on the move right now. More @ occupywallst.org (timeline of battle below) --What's happening in NYC is important. Cities governments are conferring with each other on how to handle Occupiers. Riot cops show the NYPD hotheads and businesses haven't given up the bull shit.

On October 15, police tried one violent attack after another in a futile attempt to either drive off or mass arrest up to 50,000 protesters marching on Times Square. Before the police were ordered back, one of their horses reportedly had to be "put down" after going down during a violent attack on protesters by mounted police.

NYPD arrests marcher for trying to leave area at about 9 PM, crowd reacts harshly

Video-horse cops violently attack marchers. This is very dangerous riding and could have sent the horse down even if nobody in the crowd counterattacked.

The video of the horse attack shows cops violently charging into a dense crowd on horseback. When one of the attackers went down with his horse, the crowd roared, no doubt with the exultation that comes only with military victory over an attacker.

This attack came on the heels of the riot squad, despite their armor protection, having to withdraw in the face of overwhelming numerical superiority.

With the horse cops defeated too, the NYPD then tried to simply kettle the crowd behind barricades, resorting to threats of arrest,and a smattering of arrests against protesters near the barricades. It didn't work, protesters at 6:30 PM were reported to be "charging" the barricades.

As of 8:11 PM, the crowd was roaring in victory as the cops were ordered to abandon their barricades and retreat. The NYPD Twitter feed complained that there was nowhere for the COPS to go. In other words, while the cops were kettling some of the protesters, the rest of the protesters many have managed to kettle the cops!

At 8:30PM, the police scanner reported riot cops out with orange nets headed for the crowd, but given the previous defeats of horse cops and riot cops using steel barricades, riot cops alone with nets would have a hard fight trying to arrest any large number of people, if the report is even true. There were 42 arrests reported at about 9 PM, so it look like the NYPD could have plans to attack individuals and small groups leaving the protest as I write this.

Twitter has censored updates from Occupy Wall Street, and the police, knowing their radios are being monitored, could easily be sending false reports like the ones sent over the Textmob during the 2004 RNC hoping to start a panic. I will uipdate this as fast as I can.

(Author's note: This is the first death I have heard of at a protest in the US since I was at the 2005 Biodev protests in Philadelpia, where a human cop died of a heart attack induced by the stress of beating a 10 year old boy with a billy club. Unfortunately the horse was not given the option of NOT joining the NYPD, so the human cops are responsible for the death of the horse no matter how it happened.)

Timeline of the Battle of Times Square from http://www.occupywallst.org

9:48 p.m. 3,000 at Washington Square now, about to have a General Assembly, 70 arrests total for today.(author-that's less than a 1 in 500 risk per person, not an effective mass arrest at all)

9:02 p.m. 42 arrests on 47th.(author's note: that's tiny compared to 50,000 people, still inexcusable)

8:50 p.m. 700 reported in Washington Square Park. Music and food there.

8:30 p.m. Scanner says riot cops in full gear, nets out, headed to the crowd, 47th and 6th.

8:11 p.m. White shirt just ordered #NYPD line AWAY from barricades. Crowd ROARS

8:08 p.m. Tension escalating, police ordering protesters to step away from barricades.

8:02 p.m. Mario: 4 paddy wagons and arrests at 46 and 6th ave.

8:00 p.m. Police are arresting occupiers at 46th and 6th.

7:30 p.m. Unconfirmed estimates ranging as high as 50,000 people in Times Square.

6:45 p.m. Police have trapped people in times square with barricades.

6:35 p.m. A horse just went down. Crowd is going wild. NYPD says anyone near barricade is going to jail. This is is inexcusable. (Source)

6:22 p.m. Police on horseback arrive. Police pulling people out of crowd and attacking them. Protesters are rushing barricades.

6:10 p.m. Police in riot gear retreat.

6:05 p.m. Police are in riot gear.

6:00 p.m. Backup has arrived. Estimated 15,000 in Times Square

5:49 p.m. Orange nets along Broadway.

5:45 p.m. Five thousand more on their way from Liberty Square and other locations.

5:30 p.m. Thousands arrive in Time Square. Archived at: http://www.livestream.com/occupywallstnyc and http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

5:13 p.m. March now 7 blocks from Times Square.

4:18 p.m. March from Washington Square Park is at 20th St and 6th Ave.

3:40 p.m. March from Washington Square Park is at 11th St and 6th Ave. At least five thousand strong.

3:36 p.m. It appears that Twitter is censoring our updates.

3:26 p.m. General Assembly of Washington Square Park marches on Times Square. 8th st and 6th ave.

3:19 p.m. Zombie group arriving in Washington Square Park. Hundreds march from Liberty Square to Citibank at 555 La Guardia Place in solidarity with arrested occupiers.

2:43 p.m. Around four thousand in Washington Square Park. Around three thousand in Liberty Square.

2:28 p.m. Police at 555 La Guardia Place are arresting occupiers in Citibank who are attempting to close their accounts.

2:23 p.m. At least 22 arrested in Citibank.

2:19 p.m. Citibank action 555 La Guardia Place. Occupiers are inside and currently being arrested.

1:57 p.m. March from Liberty Square reaches Washington Square Park. Thousands in the General Assembly meet them chanting, "Wall Street, no thanks - we don't need your greedy banks."

1:49 p.m. March from Liberty Square passes Waverly Place, nears Washington Square Park.

1:29 p.m.. Two thousand are gathered for General Assembly in Washington Square Park. Thousands more are marching to meet them.

1:23 p.m. At least twenty NYPD vehicles heading to Washington Square Park.

1:16 p.m. March from Liberty Square to Washington Square Park passes 6th and Broome.

1:05 p.m. Poetry cipher broke out during the Bronx General Assembly on the 4 train.

12:54 p.m. Bronx Police hold entrance to subway open for Bronx General Assembly - march heads downtown for free, filling two entire cars.

12:35 p.m. March from Liberty Square to Washington Square Park passes Church and Chambers - numbers more than a thousand.

From the NYPD Twitter feed:

Matthew4300 Matt
Just heard direct from police "had to put horse down" #ows #nypd
9 minutes ago

phillipanderson phillip anderson
Love the fact that #NYPD has to use their own buses because @TWULocal100 has told them they won't transport arrested protesters. #ows
11 minutes ago

LucyKafanov Lucy Kafanov
#NYPD officers someone "will going to get hurt" if 46th St. isn't cleared. But nowhere for #ows to go
32 minutes ago

LtlRedX L H
Absurd amount of #NYPD marching forward twitpic.com/70vwhq #ows (via @owsbot)
34 minutes ago

LucyKafanov Lucy Kafanov
#NYPD Police line stretches for several hundred feet twitpic.com/70w2hv #ows
35 minutes ago

Pirata13 ☠ Master Pirate ☠
#NYPD unfortunately just a brunch of Tugs not smart enough to stand side by side with the ones protecting them #OWS yfrog.com/kkqm0lyj
37 minutes ago

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