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(38,893 posts) Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:11 AM Jul 2012

NYPD brands Occupy Wall Street couple as professional agitators and plaster their photos on flyers

Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Swaye say they've been singled out for posting YouTube videos of police conducting stop-and-frisks

A pair of Occupy Wall Street lovebirds has been branded “professional agitators” by the NYPD, who have plastered their mugs on flyers the couple says look like wanted posters.

Christina Gonzalez, 25, and Matthew Swaye, 34, of Harlem say they’ve been singled out for simply posting dozens of videos on YouTube of cops conducting stop-and-frisks.

“What we do is not a crime,” said Swaye, adding that the NYPD flyer looks more like a “wanted poster” than a police department advisory.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/nypd-brands-occupy-wall-street-couple-professional-agitators-plaster-photos-flyers-article-1.1106746