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Video: Cops Nab Alleged OWS Protester Who Dumped "Large Quantities" Of Feces, Urine In Public
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 21, 2012
Modified Mar 22, 2012
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Published Mar 21, 2012
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In the war against Occupy Wall Street, the NYPD is bringing out the big guns: Videos of excrement. A press release featuring the cheeky subject line "It Happens" was distributed by the NYPD press office tonight, announcing that a Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged with "Unlawful Possession of Noxious Matter (human urine and feces)." As you can see in this video, two individuals are seen dragging a big bucket of something black and nasty-looking into the open-air plaza at the corner of Nassau and Cedar Streets in Lower Manhattan, then pouring the waste down the stairs there. The prank is then repeated in the vestibule of a Chase bank on Water Street.
According to the NYPD, the bucket contained large quantities of human urine and feces. A witness to the vandalism jotted down the license plate number of the van used to transport the waste and police say they tracked down the owner, Jordan Brooks Amos, 25, of Philadelphia. Amos and his unidentified accomplice are both Occupy Wall Street protesters, according to the NYPD. In addition to unlawfully possessing noxious matter, Amos is also charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of Motor Vehicle. Oh, and ruining your dinner.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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