New York police violated rights of Occupy protesters: report

[BDBoop]

New York police violated rights of Occupy protesters: report - chicagotribune.com

Bout damn time.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police officers employed excessive force, unjustified arrests and pervasive surveillance in violation of the rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, a report from a group of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.

The report documents 130 incidents of alleged abuse by law enforcement authorities and calls for the creation of an independent inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department.

"Many of the reported allegations individually indicate clear violations of the government's obligation to uphold assembly and expression rights," said the report by the Global Justice Clinic at New York University's School of Law and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School.

"When considered together, a complex mapping of protest suppression emerges."

 

[del]

lawyers looking for someone to sue.

color me stunned

 

[daveman]

There is no right to shit in public and destroy public property.

 

[BDBoop]

lawyers looking for someone to sue.

color me stunned

You didn't see any human rights violations in how people were treated during the festivities, Del?

 

[BDBoop]

There is no right to shit in public and destroy public property.

Yes, because absolutely; that's what rights were violated.

Numb nuts.

 

[BDBoop]

Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street | International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School

On May 30, during a student march, a member of the Research Team witnessed a particularly violent arrest. A protester was observed lying on the ground, with a number of officers standing near. The protester stated that his shoulder had just been dislocated; the officers stated that they had called an ambulance, and were not going to handcuff the protester because of his injury. However, moments later, a second group of officers rushed in and aggressively handcuffed the protester. He screamed out in pain repeatedly and told the officers about his injury, asking them to be gentle. The officers responded by stating the he was “a liar,” and they repeatedly intentionally pushed and pulled his injured shoulder. When EMTs did subsequently arrive, they inspected his shoulder, immediately removed the handcuffs, and put him in an ambulance for treatment. The individual’s lawyer later stated that the protester in fact had suffered a broken clavicle, an extremely painful and serious injury.

Full report here.

http://www.chrgj.org/projects/suppressingprotest.pdf

 

[Intense]

New York police violated rights of Occupy protesters: report - chicagotribune.com

Bout damn time.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police officers employed excessive force, unjustified arrests and pervasive surveillance in violation of the rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, a report from a group of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.

The report documents 130 incidents of alleged abuse by law enforcement authorities and calls for the creation of an independent inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department.

"Many of the reported allegations individually indicate clear violations of the government's obligation to uphold assembly and expression rights," said the report by the Global Justice Clinic at New York University's School of Law and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School.

"When considered together, a complex mapping of protest suppression emerges."

You are Quoting Grand Standing Lawyers, not the Court.

 

[BDBoop]

Soon enough, I'll be quoting the Court.

 

[Sallow]

New York police violated rights of Occupy protesters: report - chicagotribune.com

Bout damn time.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police officers employed excessive force, unjustified arrests and pervasive surveillance in violation of the rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, a report from a group of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.

The report documents 130 incidents of alleged abuse by law enforcement authorities and calls for the creation of an independent inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department.

"Many of the reported allegations individually indicate clear violations of the government's obligation to uphold assembly and expression rights," said the report by the Global Justice Clinic at New York University's School of Law and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School.

"When considered together, a complex mapping of protest suppression emerges."

You are Quoting Grand Standing Lawyers, not the Court.

Going by New York City..and using the Constitution, the Right to free speech and peaceful assembly was violated.

 

[Stephanie]

well good luck with that, you know they are laughing at you

Liberals are funny, first they worship the police, firemen..then they sue them

 

[Sunni Man]

The police should have a sound proof bus with no windows at the OWS locations.

That way they could take the OWS loons inside the bus and administered some attitude adjustment without public witnesses.

 

[Sallow]

well good luck with that, you know they are laughing at you

Liberals are funny, first they worship the police, firemen..then they sue them

The police are a top down organization. The cop on the beat..follows orders..and those orders come from a chain of command. Police aren't democratic.

So when the person at the top makes a bad call..it's not the fault of each and every cop. It's the fault of the person making the bad call.

 

[Sallow]

The police should have a sound proof bus with no windows at the OWS locations.

That way they could take the OWS loons inside the bus and administered some attitude adjustment without public witnesses.

Sorry dude. This isn't Saudi Arabia. Or even India..for that matter.

 

[del]

lawyers looking for someone to sue.

color me stunned

You didn't see any human rights violations in how people were treated during the festivities, Del?

i didn't bother watching ny; we had our own set of fuckwits, excuse me, dedicated freedom fighters, up here.

feel free to express your outrage though

personally, i've always thought pissing off cops is pretty stupid.

 

[del]

Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street | International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School

On May 30, during a student march, a member of the Research Team witnessed a particularly violent arrest. A protester was observed lying on the ground, with a number of officers standing near. The protester stated that his shoulder had just been dislocated; the officers stated that they had called an ambulance, and were not going to handcuff the protester because of his injury. However, moments later, a second group of officers rushed in and aggressively handcuffed the protester. He screamed out in pain repeatedly and told the officers about his injury, asking them to be gentle. The officers responded by stating the he was “a liar,” and they repeatedly intentionally pushed and pulled his injured shoulder. When EMTs did subsequently arrive, they inspected his shoulder, immediately removed the handcuffs, and put him in an ambulance for treatment. The individual’s lawyer later stated that the protester in fact had suffered a broken clavicle, an extremely painful and serious injury.

Full report here.

http://www.chrgj.org/projects/suppressingprotest.pdf

i believe a single witness is what's called uncorroborated evidence

but you may want to ask a lawyer

 

[BDBoop]

Did you look at the report.

 

[Stephanie]

this report was done by a bunch of lawyers...

holy cow

 

[Quantum Windbag]

New York police violated rights of Occupy protesters: report - chicagotribune.com

Bout damn time.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police officers employed excessive force, unjustified arrests and pervasive surveillance in violation of the rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, a report from a group of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.

The report documents 130 incidents of alleged abuse by law enforcement authorities and calls for the creation of an independent inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department.

"Many of the reported allegations individually indicate clear violations of the government's obligation to uphold assembly and expression rights," said the report by the Global Justice Clinic at New York University's School of Law and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School.

"When considered together, a complex mapping of protest suppression emerges."

If these human rights lawyers want to impress me they should go after the NYPD for the Stop and Frisk policy, that makes what they did to Occupy look mild.

 

[whitehall]

It's interesting that lefties make sure they remind us that criminal terrorists are innocent until proven guilty and Bill Ayers was innocent because of FBI surveillance but they assume the NYPD is guilty on the basis of allegations by spokespeople for the anarchist rabble known as OWS.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Soon enough, I'll be quoting the Court.

If only that were true.