Gotham City Is Safe from the Protesters

by: Matt Stoller

Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 02:14

Here's video of the press conference I attended yesterday with Harrington and Coleman.  Harrington didn't know very much about apprehending journalists, but his bragging about his side's 'standing tall' and 'restraint' in the face of kids with bandanas while his officers had riot gear and semi-automatic weapons and were backed up by the national guard and a $50M security budget is laughable.  And it sounds laughable.

Part One