Protest sign calling NYPD an "Armed Gang"

* Content Warning: police brutality *

Label

Protest sign calling NYPD an "Armed Gang"

Creator

Unknown; Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group

Object Type

Signs

Description

*Content Warning: This caption includes description of police brutality.* The NYPD arrested more than 90 protesters on October 15, 2011, the same day that hundreds of activists were arrested at other Occupy protests across the country. In New York City, police arrested dozens of demonstrators who gathered in Times Square, along with 14 people near Washington Square Park who were charged with violating a midnight curfew.

Image Description

In black marker, on a piece of cardboard, a protestor has handwritten, "10-15-11, My friends were kidnapped by an Armed Gang, NYPD."

Citation

Armed Gang NYPD Sign, 2011; TAM.630 Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records; box 23; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University

Collection

Occupy Working Group TAM.630

Themes

• Policing, Police Brutality, and the Prison Industrial Complex

Declarations

• They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.