Police attacked this person because:

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Riot

Clearly the peaceful American citizen standing there videotaping, moving back as the policeman asked him to, was more of a threat than those above I mentioned, and justified a cop coming up behind him, throwing him to the marble floor, stripping off his shoes/coat/backpack, sitting on his throat with four other cops, and arresting him for .... ?

The American right to peacefully protest is not related to one's cause, or one's public support, nor does it need permission from the government.

How do you know what was going on during the sequance before he was arrested, were you there? The video obviously jumps from the singing and dancing to about 5 seconds before the arrest, there is a definite gap there. Is it possible that something went on that made the police react that way? I wasn't there, so I don't know. I think it's a logical question though. Is it possible that the police picked him up for something else? At the time of the arrest, it seemed like they were on the back end of breaking up the illegal protest on private property and this person didn't seem to be leaving the scene. So is it 100% out of the realm of possibility that something happened involving this guy, that wasn't seen on the video? Or is this out of the question, because OWS would never post some sort of distorted video to make the police look bad and we believe everything they say and post.

As far as your last quote goes, you're right, but in this case they were on private property. So were they all arrested, or did they let the majority of the people go? If they let them go, where are the video's of the police not arresting people who just broke the law?