NO MORE POLICE BRUTALITY...politicians have no one but themselves to blame....we must support those who are being maligned and abused and stalked for that matter....this isn't going away...not this time...

Politicians better come up with some answers real quick..

most of the people who got trapped in the traffic jam will agree with that.........once they get over being pissed off at the protesters of course.

I'm not sure myself these days since police in riot gear "kettle" all the time. Block off an area in formation close it off & the area becomes smaller & smaller until something pops. Peaceful protests eventually become "clashes with NYPD".

http://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/593569458649735168/photo/1
NYPD van full of peaceful protesters including @NLGnews legal observer at Union Sq. #BaltimoreUprising solidarity NYC

NYPD officers, many wearing riot helmets and carrying handfuls of plastic cuffs, were seen loading several activists into police vans.

"We walked to West Side Highway and the cops cornered people so people were fighting back," Chris Carmack, 18, a political science major at Hunter who lives in Flatbush, told the Daily News.

He came to the protest with his roommate.

"I got a baton to the temple and my roommate got a baton to the stomach," said Carmack, who claims cops retaliated when a protester hurled a water bottle at them.

From the story in the OP, I don't know all the facts but the cornering people til they fight back is the "kettling" SOP to justify the arbitrary arrests & shut down the protests. People trapped in the traffic jam blame the protestors which is the sort of the response they look for.

This is clearly kettling wherever this -- just an example

http://static1.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2204274.1430357272!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/local30n-16-web.jpg

Get thousands in a large demonstration in Times Square instead of branching out in smaller groups snarling traffic and tunnels. Don't give the media or naysayers or the public room to call it a nuisance.

As a former New Yorker stuck in traffic because some group wants to garner attention to their cause; I can tell you that I support the cops clearing the way. Most people that have ever been stuck in the Lincoln Tunnel feel that way. Are the police always correct? No. But how many acts of heroism and kindness performed by the police never get reported.

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WzomZtdsDtADMmk45AUZMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTcwMDtpbD1wbGFuZTtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz0xMDQ5/

New York Police Department officers detain a protester during a march through the Manhattan borough of New York City, calling for social, economic, and racial justice, April 29, 2015. Billed as "NYC Rise Up & Shut it Down With Baltimore", the demonstration was being held to support Baltimore's protests against police brutality following the April 19 death of Freddie Gray in police custody. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/thousands-from-washington-d-c-to-boston-protest-death-of-baltimore-man-1430360311-slideshow/nypd-officers-detain-protester-during-march-manhattan-borough-photo-002308419.html

These guys are brass: lieutenant, captain, dunno, inspector.

I take it this is a 'before' photo

http://static1.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2204361.1430362373!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/protest.jpg

A still image can be misleading but I don't under brass being involved and pushed his head forward during an arrest. On edit - the guy in the right on the Yahoo photo seemed a little bit excited judging from the Daily News photo

Thanks for finding it.

Dunno has a patch on his arm that I don't recognize. However his shield/name plate is gold & not silver like a regular line officer. Some other NY state LE agency I imagine. It's certainly not NY State Police, their patch is different & larger from Dunno's.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_New_York_City_Police_Department#Task_Forces