Watching this video it is hard to fathom why someone would do this to another human being. After watching the police reactions to Occupiers everywhere we now know that the police have a serious impulse control problem.
Fortunately two of this dangerous officer's victims are stepping up and suing him personally for his unwarranted assault.
A high-ranking cop who pepper-sprayed penned-in Occupy Wall Street protesters has been zapped with a lawsuit by two women who were in the line of fire.
Chelsea Elliott and Jeanne Mansfield are suing Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna in Manhattan Federal Court for blasting them in the face with pepper-spray during a protest last Sept. 24 near Union Square.
The incident was caught on video, and 1.5 million people watched it on YouTube, prompting outrage and drawing attention to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
It is my hope that someday police will become the servants to the community that protect the rights of one and all. But I am aware that I am utopian in that ideal. Until then it is up to us to be citizen journalists and proactively use the courts and make these violations of enumerated rights violations an actionable offense. So do not forget to practice using the camera on your phone. Keeping the NLG number handy and be prepared to peacefully resist the authoritarian encroachment into our civil rights.