#OccupyWallStreet - Anthony Bologna

Turns out the NYPD cop - Anthony Bologna (a/k/a Tony Baloney - really, he's known as that, ht David Graeber) - who just maced a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters for absolutely no reason - has a history of brutality (shocker, I know). Anyway, here's the video (it's really quite startling):

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And here's Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel:

The Lieutenant who pepper-sprayed a kettled, defenseless woman has been identified as Anthony Bologna. He was IDed, in part, by a lawyer representing one of the people Bologna improperly arrested during the 2004 RNC.

The Guardian has learned that the officer, named by activists as deputy inspector Anthony Bologna, stands accused of false arrest and civil rights violations in a claim brought by a protester involved in the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican national convention. . . .

It sounds like this guy is using his badge to legally and physically abuse people whose politics he disagrees with–someone politically debating choice in 2004 and a woman opposing MOTU power this weekend. I don’t expect Ray Kelly to do anything about such an abusive officer on his staff (in any case, the union would presumably defend Bologna if Kelly tried to fire him). But so long as he remains on the force, we have a name and a face to personify the NYPD’s brutality: Anthony Bologna.