Police beat war veterans in assault on Occupy Boston (VIDEO)

Published time: October 11, 2011 10:19
Edited time: October 11, 2011 23:45
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A new chapter in the annals of American police brutality has been written, as two Vietnam war veterans who joined Occupy Boston protests suffered injuries after being beaten by police and arrested along with some 50 other demonstrators.

After barring protesters from occupying a freshly-planted greenway near their official encampment at Dewey Square, police pulled down the demonstrators’ tents and started confiscating their property.

RT’s Lucy Kafanov, who has been closely observing the protests, said the drama reached a peak during a physical confrontation between police and a 74-year-old Vietnam war veteran.

The police are currently patrolling the greenway while the protesters pondering how to raise $4,000 to bail out those arrested.

AP reported another violent incident that occurred earlier on, quoting Matt Hollander, a Boston resident, who was among the protesters.

A group of veterans was standing in between police and demonstrators holding American flags. When officers advanced on them, one veteran was pushed to the ground.

“If they wanted to arrest us they could have done that without pushing us… without tramping the flag,” Hollander said.

The following footage of the protests was made available on YouTube:



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Video of Occupy Boston protests from kristinamgarcia’s YouTube channel

The Occupy Boston protest is a part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is aimed at big business and banks. The protests which started in New York are now countrywide.

The protesters are referring to themselves as the ”99 per cent,” which they claim is the real percentage of Americans struggling in an economic system which favors the rich at the expense of the middle class.

More photos of OWS protests in RT Galleries

Comments (12)

Ajax_The_Fatman 12.10.2011 17:01

Noticed some bias, here:   A new chapter in the annals of Army Veteran civil disobedience has been written, as two Vietnam war veterans who joined Occupy Boston protests deliberately and repeatedly disobeyed a polite request from city officials suffered injuries after challenging, and then being beaten by police and arrested along with some 50 other demonstrators. &nbs p; You're welcome  

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Count Cash 12.10.2011 06:22

TimM, Are we to believe that you look out of your window 100% of the time, and that you do no work, or don’t ever even go to the bathroom, or go home, or that you have arranged a 100% Rota in you company to cover the observations. Also are we to believe that your vantage point covers 100% of the activities, in good light and in bad, and the view is always unimpeded, with police and protesters stepping out the way, so your view are always plain sight. Are we also to believe that just because someone agrees a code of conduct, that doesn’t mean they aren’t barred from that conduct -whereas in truth you can agree to comply with a barring. Are we also to swallow your statement on tents not being destroyed, when you present no actual evidence to back up you claims other than an attempted slight of hand to ‘back it up’ with other unrelated statements on ‘friendly dealings…. TimM, you use strong words “lying” and weave in hearsay into your presentation, to paint the picture as you see it. Nothing wrong with that, but there is something definitely wrong with you accusing others of being Liars, when the supporting evidence you supply looks at best weak, or at worst contrived.

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Stephanie (unregistered) 12.10.2011 03:52

BTW there is tons actual video footage of the arrests in Boston, specifically of the arrests of the war veterans, on you tube. It happened at night. Some people think they know everything without checking it out.

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