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Occupy Protester Hit With Tony Bologna's Pepper Spray Sues City
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 24, 2012
Modified Sep 24, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 24, 2012
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A third lawsuit has been filed against the city and Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna
for indiscriminately using pepper spray against Occupy Wall Street protesters a year ago today. The protester who is suing, Kaylee Dedrick, is due to deliver a baby girl conceived with Robert Grodt, a civilian medic who helped her that day and also proposed to her in Zuccotti Park back in February.
Dedrick's attorney, Ron Kuby, adds in a press release [PDF], "Despite her lawyers’ requests, the couple refuses to name their baby 'Pepper.' " May be humbly suggest "Capsaicin?" Or "Toni" after the man who brought the couple together? After all, she was just a glimmer in a Deputy Inspector's pepper-spray can until Occupy Wall Street came along.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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