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NYPD Pepper-Sprayer Hit Fellow Officer With Friendly Fire, Has Prior Protest Complaint

Another angle of the now-notorious video of NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna needlessly pepper-spraying a group of corralled Occupy Wall Street protesters shows some surprising collateral damage. As reported previously by one of the women hit in the face, a “blue-shirt” cop standing nearby can be heard shouting, “He just fucking maced us,” before wiping his eyes at the 1:30 mark in the clip below.


As for Bologna, it turns out he is facing legal action stemming from the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican National Convention, where he stands accused of wrongful arrest and civil rights violations. (Update: In the below photograph by Jim Kiernan, Bologna can be seen arresting a protester on the day of the pepper spray attack.)



Of the NYPD’s show of force last weekend, the New York Times reports today:

An anonymous police official confirmed Officer Bologna’s identity, telling the Times, “He did his job and now he’s concerned for the safety of his family.” The Police Department’s chief spokesman Paul J. Browne said the pepper spray was “used sparingly.”

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NYPD Pepper-Sprayer Hit Fellow Officer With Friendly Fire, Has Prior Protest Complaint