Torts Today: Pepper spraying sit-down protesters

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Torts Today: Pepper spraying sit-down protesters:

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Pepper Spray and the NYPD/ Jim Dwyer/NY Times

To get the feel of the streets of New York the best route is often to search the Times website for Jim Dwyer to see what he has to report.  So it is with the now notorious pepper spraying of a group of young women at the Occupy Wall Street protests.  - GWC

by Jim Dwyer

As a leading expert in government management,Raymond W. Kelly did not disappoint on Wednesday when he was asked about the actions of a senior police commander who pepper-sprayed four protesters standing on a sidewalk, then walked away without a glance as they rolled on the ground, screaming in pain.

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Raymond W. Kelly

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Mr. Kelly, showing the deftness of a man who has served as police commissioner for 12 years, drop-kicked the matter of the commander, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, and his use of pepper spray as far and as fast as humanly possible.