Actions depicted on videos showing police using batons and motorcycles to ram through an Occupy Wall Street West blockade in the Financial District last week were necessary because other officers needed help, police said Tuesday.
Officer Carlos Manfredi said a call for help from another officer came in moments before the video was shot.
“When an officer calls for help, it’s a pretty big deal,” Manfredi said. “The first thought is to get out there to help that person.”
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Calling recent protests a success, activists with Occupy Wall Street West are downplaying reports of fractiousness as they vow to keep fighting against alleged corporate malfeasance and the influence of money in politics.
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Dubbed Occupy Wall Street West, a second wave of protests against banks and corporations hits the streets today in The City’s Financial District.
Click on the photo at right to see a map of Friday's scheduled protests.
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The Occupy SF movement could come back with a bang Friday when more than 50 supporting groups and possibly thousands of protesters have plans to wreak havoc on banks in the Financial District. The protest is being billed by organizers as the largest San Francisco will have seen since demonstrations against the Iraq War in 2003.
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