NYPD Cop Punches Protester at Occupy Wall Street, 10/14/11

Journalist and Reason contributor Michael Tracey is covering New York's Occupy Wall Street as it's happening. Above is footage he shot as the protesters marched through the street of Manhattan and had various stand-offs with the New York Police Department. Tracey himself reports being punched in the shoulder while filming.

In the above video, around the 1.40 mark, a white-shirted NYPD officer decks a protester in a green shirt (how the incident started is unclear). Reason.tv's Meredith Bragg edited the video above from about 20 minutes of footage.

Follow Tracey at http://twitter.com/mtracey

And read his October 7 story, "Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Caricatures," at http://reason.com/archives/2011/10/07/occupy-wall-street-beyond-the

His website is http://mctracey.com

Reason's coverage of the Occupy movement can be found at
http://reason.com/topics/occupy-wall-street