Occupy Wall Street Protesters Concerned about Police Surveillance
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Concerned about Police Surveillance
by Common Dreams staff
March 12, 2012
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street continue to report troubling incidents of excessive police surveillance.
A lawyer representing three protesters who were arrested and allegedly strip-searched by New York City police in November, told the New York Times that his clients are considering a lawsuit against the city for violating their constitutional rights. “Not only are the police disrupting people’s rights to free expression,” said Vik Pawar, the lawyer for the protesters. “They are taking pre-emptive steps by arresting people who might be just thinking about exercising their rights.”
The Times report includes numerous interviews with organizers who have been monitored, intimidated and in some cases, arrested by city police.
This is just the latest news regarding governmental monitoring of the Occupy movement. In February, an internal Department of Homeland Security report about Occupy was published by Wikileaks, spoke of the agency's efforts to "control protesters" within the movement.
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