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26 Sep 2011
Online hacktivist collective Anonymous has posted the personal details of a New York Police Department inspector caught on camera apparently pepper spraying female protestors at an anti-establishment march in Wall Street at the weekend.
The footage, which has been widely circulated, depicted a white shirted police officer who casually walked up to a group of protestors, many of whom were women and penned in behind orange netting, and sprayed them in the face before walking away.
The protests were part of the mainly peaceful Occupy Wall Street campaign supported by Anonymous, which is protesting against the greed of the financial market and the way it has dominated American political discourse over several decades.
In apparent retribution for the attack, Anonymous has now posted details to Pastebin of the officer, which it identified as deputy inspector Anthony Bologna of NYPD's First Precinct.
The details at the time of writing include the names of family members, and possible phone numbers.
"As we watched your officers kettle innocent women, we observed you barbarically pepper spray wildly into the group of kettled women. We were shocked and disgusted by your behaviour," read a note alongside the information.
"You know who the innocent women were, now they will have the chance to know who you are. Before you commit atrocities against innocent people, think twice. WE ARE WATCHING!!! Expect Us!"
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I love anonymous too! But am I the only American who sees this as not about how great anonymous is but how wretched America has become? "In Greed We Trust!" (and murdering innocent foreigners) I want the world to know that I am one American who sees the big picture. You'd think Vietnam would have taught us something. Over 2 million completely innocent people murdered for a few dollars more in war contracts. A celebration of American corruption and an explanation of our value system. I'm an American and will forever be burdened with that shame - but I know it - I am not delusional like everyone else! America - the new Nazi party (no offense meant to any Germans). Hoping to see public hangings! Hitler had done far less than we when we decided he had to be destroyed. I don't believe we can right our self - we need more help from the rest of the world! Boycott us for the nation built on greed that we are!
Posted by: eddo poston 10 Dec 2011
Sign the petition to jail Anthony Bologna
Sign the petition to jail Anthony Bologna for assault and remove Raymond Kelly as police commissioner! http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-michael-bloomberg-remove-raymond-kelly-jail-anthony-bologna
Posted by: Jeremy Hummel 27 Sep 2011
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!
thanks anonz!
Posted by: 99%FEDup 26 Sep 2011
I support Anonymous!
we cannot continue to accept police brutality...how ironic that the protesters are standing up for working people...like police officers!
Posted by: Connellycs 26 Sep 2011
I was one of the women pepper sprayed by the police
We were observing the excessive force used by the police officers and were shocked by their behavior. We were fenced in using orange netting and we were doing nothing to deserve being pepper sprayed. The officer came out of nowhere and sprayed us with pepper spray. I ran into the restaurant coughing and the workers gave me water that I used to try to flush the eyes of the other women and myself. We were on fire and couldn't see. My skin was bright red and my eyes and skin burned for hours. A nice gentleman had a mixture of antacid and water that he used to continue flushing out our eyes and skin. It was a horrible experience. One none of us deserved.
Posted by: Julie Lawler 26 Sep 2011
Not Person i.e. Private
All the info was publicly available. Stop glorifying your articles titles to get readership.
Posted by: Naania 26 Sep 2011
I agree
I absolutely agree. If you work as a public officer, hired and payed by the community, they your actions while performing your job should be completely transparent to the community. The people who pay his salary, deserve and have a right to know if their hired officials are brutalizing citizens on their dime.
Posted by: JE 26 Sep 2011
Someone needs to be accountable
If the NYPD won't publicly police their own then it is up to us, the citizens, to police them. NYPD had the same footage we did and could have easily identified a rogue officer and taken him out of circulation. Instead it fell to the citizen journalist and hacktivist to stop this man's violent behavior. You don't want to see vigilantes and hactivists take matters into their own hands? Then do your job and take care of your bad apples yourself. Red Windbreaker guy is next.
Posted by: flame821 26 Sep 2011
To protect and serve
Are things really so far gone that the pigs think it is acceptable to openly treat citizens with rights like that citizens that were protesting peacefully. Anthony Bologna you are a disgrace to your country. Hand in your badge and apologise.
Posted by: bob 26 Sep 2011
Bravo
Public servant's info is now public. Who wants to be next?
Posted by: Infamouseproject 26 Sep 2011
Kinda agree
I think it's okay to publish his personal information online... Act like a dick and be treated like a dick... Despite that, I think it's wrong to publish the names of his family members. They didn't have to do anything with this man's actions and they don't deserve to be punished for them.
Posted by: Jasper 26 Sep 2011
Anonymous Rocks!
I so love the group Anonymous. Even their slogan is kick-ass: EXPECT US! This is just what that cop deserved. No one should be allowed to walk up to peaceful protestors and spray them or harass them or beat them. Thank you, Anonymous. God bless.
Posted by: NuhadAhmed 26 Sep 2011
Anonymous is aces
Well when you spray a bunch of peaceful young women in the face with mace and casually walk away like you're some kind of mafia hitman you're going to piss a few people off, duh. The cops with the netting are equally culpable if they don't speak out as witnesses to this brutality.
Posted by: Matt 26 Sep 2011
Captain...
Tony Baloney.
Posted by: Peter Farkenparker 26 Sep 2011