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	<title>Observer &#187; Second Video of Pepper-Spraying Officer Anthony Bologna + History Of Violence = NYPD PR Disaster </title>
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		<title>Second Video of Pepper-Spraying Officer Anthony Bologna + History Of Violence = NYPD PR Disaster</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:41:03 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://observer.com/2011/09/turns-out-pepper-spraying-nypd-officer-anthony-bologna-just-a-huge-dick/</link>
			<dc:creator>Drew Grant</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tony.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-187373" title="Tony" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tony.jpg?w=300&h=173" alt="" width="300" height="173" /></a>We were willing to give NYPD's Deputy Inspector <strong>Anthony Bologna</strong> the benefit of the doubt when we called the video of his pepper-spraying defenseless female protestors on Wall Street last Saturday a case of <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-street-update-alleged-police-brutality-caught-on-film-video/">"alleged" police brutality</a>. We even somewhat sympathized with him (well, at least his family) when <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/09/anonymous-goes-after-cop-in-wall-street-pepper-spray-video/">Anonymous leaked all his personal information to the Internet on Monday</a>.</p>
<p><em>The New York Observer</em> was reserving judgment on Officer Bologna, because there is a lot of misinformation being spread out there by both the NYPD and "Occupy New York" sympathizers. But <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/28/1020867/-Bolognas-Second-Attack-with-Pepper-Spray">now a second video has surfaced</a> of Bologna using the pepper-spray on another group during Saturday's protests, just to get them out of his way.<br />
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<p><em>The New York Times</em> said Bologna's nonchalant attitude "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/nyregion/a-burst-of-pepper-spray-like-a-punch-in-the-face.html?_r=1&amp;scp=3&amp;sq=Anthony%20Bologna%20&amp;st=cse">looked as if he were spraying cockroaches.</a>" Then it turned out that this particular officer <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/09/nypd_pepper-sprayer_hit_fellow.html">has a history of complaints regarding protestor abuse</a>. The longer the NYPD sits on this, the worse it's going to get, as evidenced by <strong>Lawrence O'Donnell's</strong> seven minute tirade demanding the heads of Officer Bologna and his superiors at police department.<br />
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<p>NYPD spokesperson<strong> Paul J. Browne</strong> told <em>The New York Times</em>'  that the deputy had used the spray "appropriately," and that it was deployed only once during the protests. We've put in a request to the NYPD's press department for an updated statement now that this second video has been released. We'll update if and when we get a response.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tony.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-187373" title="Tony" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/tony.jpg?w=300&h=173" alt="" width="300" height="173" /></a>We were willing to give NYPD's Deputy Inspector <strong>Anthony Bologna</strong> the benefit of the doubt when we called the video of his pepper-spraying defenseless female protestors on Wall Street last Saturday a case of <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-street-update-alleged-police-brutality-caught-on-film-video/">"alleged" police brutality</a>. We even somewhat sympathized with him (well, at least his family) when <a href="http://www.observer.com/2011/09/anonymous-goes-after-cop-in-wall-street-pepper-spray-video/">Anonymous leaked all his personal information to the Internet on Monday</a>.</p>
<p><em>The New York Observer</em> was reserving judgment on Officer Bologna, because there is a lot of misinformation being spread out there by both the NYPD and "Occupy New York" sympathizers. But <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/28/1020867/-Bolognas-Second-Attack-with-Pepper-Spray">now a second video has surfaced</a> of Bologna using the pepper-spray on another group during Saturday's protests, just to get them out of his way.<br />
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<p><em>The New York Times</em> said Bologna's nonchalant attitude "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/nyregion/a-burst-of-pepper-spray-like-a-punch-in-the-face.html?_r=1&amp;scp=3&amp;sq=Anthony%20Bologna%20&amp;st=cse">looked as if he were spraying cockroaches.</a>" Then it turned out that this particular officer <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/09/nypd_pepper-sprayer_hit_fellow.html">has a history of complaints regarding protestor abuse</a>. The longer the NYPD sits on this, the worse it's going to get, as evidenced by <strong>Lawrence O'Donnell's</strong> seven minute tirade demanding the heads of Officer Bologna and his superiors at police department.<br />
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<p>NYPD spokesperson<strong> Paul J. Browne</strong> told <em>The New York Times</em>'  that the deputy had used the spray "appropriately," and that it was deployed only once during the protests. We've put in a request to the NYPD's press department for an updated statement now that this second video has been released. We'll update if and when we get a response.</p>
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