As Occupy Wall Street cranks on, NYPD is reportedly targeting people with video cameras and SLRs for arrest. Gothamist has more. This has got to be the most ill-considered policy I've ever heard of, because even if you confiscate the media from the person you're arresting, any other media people nearby will still record what you're doing, and they'll have pretty strong sympathetic reactions. Even if you succeeded in preventing everyone with professional equipment, there have to be hordes of cell phones and flip cams out there. Welcome to the age of Grassroots Journalism, NYPD. Go, smart mob, go!
In related news, the NYPD has gone insane. Ring of Steel? With firepower. Ring of fire...
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