Unknown; Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group
Object Type
Signs
Description
Attacks on protesters were often framed within a longer struggle for civil liberties within the United States. This cardboard sign nods to this framing and states, "It's time to protect the people! Uphold our constitutional rights. No more unjust police brutality."
Image Description
This cardboard sign reads "It's time to protect the people! Uphold our constitutional rights. No more unjust police brutality." The cardboard is torn along its bottom edge and right side, and the back side of the cardboard shows that it was ripped from a box of paper towels.
Citation
Police brutality sign, circa 2011-2012; TAM.630 Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records; box 29; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University