Racists!
A man affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protests tackles a police officer during a march towards Wall Street in New York, on Friday. (The Hindu)
The cops jumped the HIV positive protester after he threw liquid at them.
The protesters sprayed the black cop with liquid, then jumped him.
The Hindu reported, via Free Republic:
A video posted online showed a police officer punching a protester in the side of the head on a crowded street. Police said the altercation occurred after the man tried to elbow the officer in the face and other people in the crowd jumped on the officer, who was sprayed with a liquid coming from the man’s direction. Police said the man, who escaped and is wanted for attempted assault on an officer, later said in an online interview he’s HIV positive and the officer should be tested medically.
A man who identified himself as the protester, Felix Rivera-Pitre, said in a statement posted online that he didn’t provoke the officer. “I was just doing what everyone else was doing in the march,” he said. “It felt like he was taking his frustrations out on me.”