Bloomberg Claims NYPD Didn't Prevent Press From Reporting On Occupy Wall Street Raid
It seems Mayor Bloomberg still gets a bit pissy if you question him about his perfect handling of Occupy Wall Street: during his weekly radio appearance this morning, Bloomberg was asked about the November raid on Zuccotti Park, during which several reporters were arrested and others were forcibly removed from the park. Bloomberg insisted that there was no media blackout during the early morning raid: "We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stand to the side. You don't have a right as a press person to stand in the way just in the interest of getting the story...the police [showed] amazing restraint. This is the greatest police department in the world. The number of times police fire their weapons here is so much less than any other police department." [ more › ]
Bloomberg Claims NYPD Didn't Prevent Press From Reporting On Occupy Wall Street Raid
Ben Yakas
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:25:29 GMT
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