Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Truth Dig has an absolute wonderful piece by Amy Goodman on what was behind the Brooklyn Bridge arrest. The rally that day was heading to Chase Plaza and the NYPD had just been given a gift by JP Morgan Chase before they steered the march onto the bridge

Policing the Prophets of Wall Street

Posted on Oct 4, 2011
...Jump forward to today. The bailed-out Wall Street megabank JPMorgan Chase gave a tax-deductible $4.6 million donation to the New York City Police Foundation, which has protesters asking: Who is the NYPD paid to protect, the public or the corporations? The 99 percent or the 1 percent?
Marina Sitrin, part of Occupy Wall Street’s legal working group, told me that the protest was going to be based at Chase Plaza, but the NYPD pre-emptively closed it. The protesters moved to Zuccotti Park, which they renamed Liberty Square.
According to an undated press release on JPMorgan Chase’s website, in response to the $4.6 million donation: “New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing ‘profound gratitude’ for the company’s donation.” Given the size of the donation, and the police harassment and violence against the protesters, we must question how Kelly shows his gratitude.

Article Here: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/policing_the_prophets_of_wall_street_20111004

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