Police lose face in containment of OWS, video reveals wrong arrest, NYPD lose trial

[Ulfen1]

http://rt.com/usa/news/nypd-occupy-trial-lost-406/


This case could have been a slam dunk for the NYPD, had it not been for one thing: the video showing police claims of disorderly conduct during an OWS protest to be completely untrue.

Hundreds have been arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests, but photographer Alexander Arbuckle’s case was the first to go to trial – and after just two days, the Manhattan Criminal Court found him not guilty.

Supporters of the OWS protest movement have already hailed the ruling as a major legal victory.

Arbuckle was arrested on New Year’s Day for allegedly blocking traffic during a protest march. He was charged with disorderly conduct, and his arresting officer testified under oath that he, along with the protesters, was standing in the street, despite frequent requests from the police to move to the sidewalk.

But things got a little embarrassing for the NYPD officer when the defense presented a video recording of the entire event, made by well-known journalist Tim Pool.

Pool's footage clearly shows Arbuckle, along with all the other protesters, standing on the sidewalk. In fact, the only people blocking traffic were the police officers themselves.

His lawyers said the video proving that testimony false is what swayed the judge, and the verdict a clear indication that the NYPD was over-policing the protests.

The irony of the case, however, is that Arbuckle was not a protester, or even a supporter of the Occupy movement. He was there to document the cops’ side of the story.

A political science and photography major at NYU, Arbuckle felt the police were not being fairly represented in the media.
“All the focus was on the conflict and the worst instances of brutality and aggression, where most of the police I met down there were really professional and restrained,” the student said.

However, his good intentions only landed him in trouble. As with all the other detained protesters, the police offered Arbuckle an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (ACD), which basically means he would be let off the hook if he agreed not to fight the charges. But to Arbuckle, that meant an admission of guilt, and he decided to take the case to trial.

[Nadev]

D'oh! Did the police never listen to Mr. Arbuckle's story, that he was actually there to film them?

[someotherguy]

There's a lot of police in NYC, all have guns, some have very big guns.
It feels like you're a war-zone sometimes. And I'm sure they feel they are in a war-zone.
And you know the saying: all is fair in love and war. (including lying under oath, etc)

[Judge Malthred]

There's a lot of police in NYC, all have guns, some have very big guns.
It feels like you're a war-zone sometimes. And I'm sure they feel they are in a war-zone.
And you know the saying: all is fair in love and war. (including lying under oath, etc)

That is an interesting fantasy world you are living in where no one is held accountable for their actions. But here in the real world lying under oath is illegal. Notice there is a period after illegal in that sentence, that is because there is no wiggle room to fit in stupid saying like 'all is fair in love and war' to explain lying on the stand after taking the oath.

[someotherguy]

That is an interesting fantasy world you are living in where no one is held accountable for their actions. But here in the real world lying under oath is illegal. Notice there is a period after illegal in that sentence, that is because there is no wiggle room to fit in stupid saying like 'all is fair in love and war' to explain lying on the stand after taking the oath.

My fantasy world > wow fantasy world, I will let you join it for only 15 dollars per month
Wasn't really trying to justify it, but that's what you get when you have militarized police force.
That's actually the least you get.

[Catta]

Next up: Tim Pool arrested for recording police officers...