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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Sat Jun 29, 2013, 03:36 AM Jun 2013

City settles Occupy 'sucker punch' case [View all]

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/city-settles-occupy-sucker-punch-case-1.5583465

New York City agreed Thursday to pay a $55,000 settlement to an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator who claimed he was "sucker punched" by an NYPD inspector in an incident that became an Internet video sensation.

In his complaint in federal court in Manhattan, demonstrator Felix Rivera-Pitre charged that Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona punched him in the head and knocked him out without provocation...

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City settles Occupy 'sucker punch' case [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 OP

Not exactly fair. It really means *I*... along w. the rest of the taxpaying citizenry... Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #1

heres an angle Pharaoh Jun 2013 #2

In the future,it seems clear..... dtom67 Jun 2013 #3

The tactic of turning all cameras upon police abuse is Orange Bloc. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #4