Cops May Charge OWS Protester
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NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said in a statement that cops are looking to arrest Rivera-Pitre for attempted assault on a police officer, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Rivera-Pitre was "sucker-punched in the jaw with sufficient force to knock him to the ground," Kuby wrote. The officer - identified by police sources as Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona, 47 - should be charged with assault, Kuby insisted. But Browne, the NYPD's top spokesman, said Rivera-Pitre provoked the confrontation by trying to elbow Cardona in the face - a blow the officer deflected.Rivera-Pitre has hired a civil rights attorney.
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