Video: Protesters Punched at Occupy Wall Street Today
Journalist and Reason contributor Michael Tracey is covering New York's Occupy Wall Street as it's happening. Above is footage he shot today (October 14, 2011) as the protesters marched through the street of Manhattan and had various stand-offs with the New York Police Department. Tracey himself reports being punched in the shoulder while filming.
In the above video, around the 1.40 mark, a white-shirted NYPD officer decks a protester in a green shirt (how the incident started is unclear). Reason.tv's Meredith Bragg edited the video above from about 20 minutes of footage.
Follow Tracey on Twitter here. And read his October 7 story, "Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Caricatures," here.
Reason's coverage of the Occupy movement can be found here.
