NYPD’s Kelly Pulled Fast One On Protesters And Was Ready For Their Every Contingency

Zuccotti Park Call For Reinforcements And 'Human Chain' Idea Were No Match

November 15, 2011 11:26 PM

Protesters carry copies of a court order outside Zuccotti Park after police removed the Occupy Wall Street protesters from the park early in the morning on Nov. 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — When you get right down to it, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was able to evict Zuccotti Park protestors because he faked them out.

Once he knew he had to evict the protesters Kelly reached into his NYPD playbook and pulled out his trick play. He had been running regular drills every single night in lower Manhattan, but on Monday night/Tuesday morning the practice drill suddenly became the real thing.

“Last night we had another drill and we used officers involved in the drill to actually carry out the plan,” Kelly told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.

And Kelly was ready for the protesters to call for reinforcements, too. But by the time their e-mails started up around 1:15 a.m. there were only two words for it — too late.

“We had an outer ring, you might say, of police officers to keep people away from the park when the actions were ongoing,” Kelly said.

A “peace flag” flying over the encampment didn’t stop the protesters from forming human chains, but, again, Kelly was ready.

“Many people they locked their arms together so they had to be forcibly separated. Other people locked themselves together with these bicycle locks and two people locked themselves on to trees. The locks were cut by Emergency Services officers.

The police commissioner did admit he planned to go in late at night when the numbers were reduced.

“We think it was appropriate t do it when the smallest number of people were in the park,” Kelly said.

Several hundred police officers were involved and there were more than 200 arrests, but the big test will come in the next few days when “Occupy Wall Street” protesters decide what their next steps are.

Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below.

NYPDs Kelly Pulled Fast One On Protesters And Was Ready For Their Every Contingency

jon

I bet if the top 1% of americans who control 42.7% of the countries financial wealth read most of these coments they would be very proud of their corprate media and how they have managed to demonise the bottom 80% who control just 7% of the countries wealth. Read this statistic and think about wheather you really live in such a fair society

Jeff in Florida

I just wish our country did a better job of education our youth. “countries” = country’s,”coments” = comments, corprate = corporate, “demonise” = demonize, “wheather” = whether… In just 2 sentences you managed to screw the pooch 4 times, and I’m not even taking into account your poor grammar. You and your buddies ought to go occupy a classroom, preferably one that’s teaching English.

Jeff in Florida

ok, I screwed the pooch myself… please substitute “educating” for “education” in the first sentence…. at least I’m self-aware…

Reno The Libtard

Jeff your comment on your own comment is the best one here.
jon

poor gramar dont change the facts and doesnt realy matter as you clearly new wha i was sayin but obvously coudnt come up with a proper response other than to demonise the prosters in the way fox news tells you to.

Jeff

Kelly, you did a good job. I would never suggest allowing people to break the law for a little while because it caused you more problems than if you would have addressed the violations immediately. Next time, be firm and uphold the law.
jon

I bet if the top 1% of americans who control 42.7% of the countries financial wealth read most of these coments they would be very proud of their corprate media and how they have managed to demonise the bottom 80% who control just 7% of the countries wealth. Read this statistic and think about wheather you really live in such a fair society.
keats5

Wow, it’s almost like Commissioner Kelley retired from the USMC as a Colonel or something!

Hoo Rah Marine!

Mark

Wish we had him in our city!

HTuttle

Liberation of occupied territory!

Hey, isn’t that what Liberals are always ranting about anyway?
roger

You’re just jealous because you’re penniless! Stop being a bum!
roger

Thanks Ray Kelly! Great job, well thought out, professional!!! Doomburg on the other hand is a complete moron!
Dave Martin

What a bunch of losers. Obama really screwed the pooch on this one. This is going to be a net loss for his bid for re-election. Even Labor, who have their members out to support this crowd is backing off, because it’s pretty darn clear who these “protesters” are.

Good luck Barry.

Ste

Protesters just don’t have direction. They just don’t know

http://www.dailyjobcuts.com
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Joe

AWESOME! fisherKing is dead on – just because you’re out of work and your unemployment ran out doesn’t mean we change the government. There was a day when you HAD to work and find a way to make a living – even if it wasn’t “nice” and had parking. This welfare state we live in requires $100k jobs or “I’m not going to work” is BS! Ref the NBA right now where the average pay is $5M+. Americans need to learn what it’s like to have REALLY have nothing and no freedom. These punks should be extridited to Syria to REALLY see what it’s like – then come home and complain….

Paul Revere

Yes we can still save Western Civilization by taking our college campuses back from the Marxists!

http://www.westernyouth.org

roger

…and from the pedophiles as well! (Penn State)

Nope

@roger, not the right thread

PennState44

nigga please. pedophilia commentary works anywhere

frankie

not to say that occupy wall street was right but our gov does need a serious overhaul. the gov needs to lower its debt before everything starts to fall apart

LaughingInWA

Try working on your English studies instead of spreading disease in parks.
Tom Genin

It is my believe that the Occupy Wall street protesters can garner the greatest sympathy for their movement if the commit suicide en masse.

Sure, they can only do it once, but I say they give a try.

Tbowz

The error in your thinking is that to commit suicide en masse would take effort and work to pull off so obviously that is not going happen with these people. You forgot that the feed me-wipe me crowd can’t do anything for themselves other than create chaos.
BenD

You, sir, are a genius.
roger

The protestors nature is total selfishness so that wont work!
Neil Walsh

Rght Tom! Let them occupy Guyana! Jim Jones where are you when we need you?

Bunny Vee

Damn, I gots two eight ballsa rock, wheres I gonna sells it now??????
Mariepr

Finally. The right to protest did not include the right to turn a business and residential area into a squalid encampment. Thank you NYPD.
Joe Johnson

This is an outrage! Why did this commissioner have so little concern for the safety and well being of…. his officers?! Did he issue them hazmat suits? How many of these police officers are now going to go back to their families to spread TB/ zuccoti lung & other infectious diseases?
capt. bill’s daughter

thanks ray kelly and my extended family of the long blue line. you continue to serve & protect the real people of new york. my dad was nypd for 30+ years, and nobody yelled “shame,” or “the whole world is watching” when he was asked to return to the bed-stuy community where he had been a sgt, in the days after martin luther king’s assasination. i only wish, on behalf of the real neighborhood residents the judge had also banned the drums when the park was reopened.
akw

Get lost, bigot.
truth teller

It is about time these low lifes were sent away from the park…go do some work for a change..

Dana Alan Butler

Just because these people may be out of work, doesn’t make them low lifers. Not everyone can get a 5 figure payceck, some may have been forced out of work. You don’t know. It’s easy to tell someone who has never struggled to get a job.

lolcatlol

They’re unemployed because they made the wrong choices when selecting a major in college! Thats not anyones fault but the idiots that think liberal arts was worth something! ROFL lololololol

frankie

getting a job has very little to do with your major

Michael H.

bingo. i’m employed and comfortable and i was a music major. my job has nothing to do with my field of study

No tresspassing!

Yes it does! They aren’t even attempting to work. Living in mommy’s basement
Bill Konrad

I would bet that some of these protesters have more wealth than I do and I’m not exactly a pauper. The haves’ and the have nots’ it was ever thus and shall ever be thus. Either economic disparity or political disparity. You never hear these malcontents mention the generosity of the wealthy, IE Bill Gates. Oh I forgot the rabble can’t be generous they can only rabble rouse. Things aren’t fair and they never will be, for one thing fair is subjective but that aside the world just isn’t fair to everyone. so suck it up and deal with it, I did, so can you.

paulejb

Well, it’s not as if Zuccotti Park was occupied by Mensa organization members. The IQ of the park probably increased when the protesters were gone.
Illogicbuster

Not to diminish Kelly’s ability in any way but, he was dealing with sub-50 IQ animals.

tbowz

I don’t think that is a fair statement to the squirrels who live in that park who on a daily basis feed themselves full without government assistance, know to how to find cover when it gets cold, and don’t sleep in their own filth.

sigusmunt Kreusz

Wow! CBS is right! Kelly is sooo smart. Maybe he should run for president on the GOP ticket. He looks good in his uniform. . . . Gosh, he really fooled those dirty , lowdown Socialist hippie bums who won’t work!!!
I wish he had lined them up and shot them but it is sure funny how stupid they were to fall for his genius and he-man brains! No hippy could be as smart as a Republican, any day.

Neal White

About Time.

tina linden

As a downtown worker and resident, I feel the need to share the ocw street message with other parts of the city. UNION SQUARE has a very nice park., go there.
Ed

Over 200 arrested, please tell us how many had NYC address? Why not protest in your own town? The thought started out good, withing days it turn to what they were protesting.
Smelly Hippie

Soylent Green is people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Semmes

GREAT JOB!!

Other cities use teargas. NY uses tactics and the law!

GREATEST CUTY,
GREATEST POLICE DEPARTMENT
GREATEST POLICE COMMISSIONER!!!

Keep it up!

Jeff Sayin

Great job at creating a police state.

And to all those who cheer the suppression of the right of freedom of assembly and speech – why don’t you move to Syria, China or North Korea.

I am ashamed of my city today.

DianaL

Other residents have the right to use the Park – go to work without disruption – rely on the city to enforce health laws and keep the peace. Your ridiculous.
fisherKing

I mad because I went into debt $100k for a female studies degree. When people arrest me for turning a beautiful park in a sewer I cry about a police state which not one single person in the organization you support demonstrated against.

Also let’s point out the top 1/10% who pay no taxes and brutally murder children which a lot of occupiers not only stand silent against, but more than likely support, namely drug dealers.

JC

Your first mistake was majoring in female studies.
LaughingInWA

Brutally murder children?

You have specific examples you can provide?

Typical Lib. No ability to argue based on logic, reason, or facts – must resort to emotionally-charged accusations with no supporting evidence.

Leveraged Joe, excited for fresh air

Whoops! Looks like you dropped your Sarcasm and Reading Comprehension Detector. Let’s try again, huh?
Huh

Yes! I’ve seen it personally with my own two eyes! Murder…then EAT THEM!!

keats5

I have read your last sentence three times. I still can’t understand it. I agree. You paid too much for your degree.
paco

well… thats 100k shot to s##t…….
Dale

If you had spent that same $100k for a usefull degree like Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or Economics, you might be able to get a job on Wall Street instead of defecating in a park next to it.

Maybe you should go Occupy that Commie-infested University that sold you that worthless degree in the first place.

1984 Vet

Jeff. Go pound sand. You and the OWS crowd are not patriots, you are losers.
DuncanH

Assembly does not mean occupy for an indefinite period of time. The constitution also says “the right of the people peaceably to assemble”… you kind of left that “peaceably” part out b/c there has been more than enough evidence that this has not been peaceable. Aside from that DianaL is correct. A person can exercise their rights so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. Once you take one person’s “rights” and set them above another person’s “rights”, that ain’t a good sign.
I would also say that if you are ashamed of anything you should be ashamed of the analogy you made when you tied the actions of the NYPD to what happens in Syria, China or DPRK. Nice…
Jeffy Sayin

Jeff,
We support free speech, not occupation and blackmail. Sorry you can’t see the difference. We’ll stay right here, where we love freedom and reject tyranny, in all forms.
Why do their rights trump ours?
Why couldn’t they be like any other protesters, speak the message, go home, speak it again the next day? Everyone has heard them. They’ve had free speech and assembly for months, Jeff, and they can speak freely every day and assemble each day going forward all they want to. But, they can’t take over land indefinitely that belongs to ALL of us. They aren’t getting the following they wanted, so they are going to FORCE everyone to do what they want or they won’t leave. If an anti-abortion group took over public areas and said “We aren’t leaving until you all capitulate and abortion becomes illegal”, would you support that, Jeff? Even if the majority of the country didn’t agree with them? Just bow to their demands because they won’t leave until you do? That isn’t America, it’s blackmail. We heard them! Repeating the message with the threat of not leaving isn’t making anyone think harder about the message! Are you getting it yet, Jeff?

Here’s a little perspective. More people will attend a local AAA baseball game on a rainy day than are in the OWS protest. Yet, they actually think they are the 99% and that they are doing something. If they were, in a city of 7 million you would think there would be a few more of them..don’t you? I mean, 99% after all. Yes, they did put a spotlight on the discussion, a good thing. Now there is no movement on anything as they just sit and demand. Go home, and start the process of changing votes and laws. Run someone for election. Anything other than what they are doing. Their support is falling like a brick, and they have become their own worst enemies. The neighbor who wouldn’t leave.

I’m PROUD of our city today. They, and the people who live in the area, gave these people months and waited patiently for them to speak their message. They permitted the takeover of public land, and tolerated the noise and the filth. We all heard their message, ad nauseum. Thank you, NYPD, for giving the people of the area their park back and for allowing OWS more than the first amendment permits by bending to let them take over our land for a while.
Jeff, are you considering moving to North Korea yourself as your free speech must be violated by not being allowed to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater?
Police State? Because they are enforcing our societies laws? I’m sure we would be much better with no laws, right Jeff? Or, at least if they were only enforced when it was convenient for you. Would you be suppressing my rights if you didn’t allow me to move into your kitchen and camp there, Jeff?

Howard Stern

Amen

roger

Here is a BETTER idea… How about YOU move to a communist country!! You’ll be right at home, bums and losers.
Sam Gosdin

@Jeff
You should be proud of the fact that NYPD upheld the law they are sworn to obey. This was not a police state, you should visit some of the places you just and live there for a while. You have the right to assemble, but you do not have the right to become a squatter. If that were the case, then anyone could just go move into property that does not belong to them. This started out as a good idea, but turned into nothing but mob scenes all over the Nation. It is these people that should be ashamed if they think they are above the law. You have the right to let your voice be heard, but not try to take over something that is not yours. You sir should be ashamed of yourself for supporting people who break the law.

Nukemall

That was all part of the plan from the start.. Turn into a riot and destroy the city. Destroy the Country as a matter of fact.

Nukemall

Number one it’s private property. Number two if you want to occupy a park, use your brain, get a job, and buy your own park. It isn’t a park for pigs to ravage and defecate in.. Let human beings enjoy the park and take care of it. At the owners good graces that’s what it’s for.
kbworkman

Yup.

The freedom to assemble on property that isn’t yours and trash it.

Babble incoherently about how unfair life is expecting you to deal with the results of your own decision.

Demanding that someone should take care of it for you.

Is that what you are defending

Justice

You’ll be one of the first throats on MY thirsty guillotine, Johnny Boy.

Kelly must go!!

Eunoch Kelly and the Castrated Mayor were forced to act because of all the other cities who were acting to evict their demonstrators. Embarassment finally made them act. Shameful that it went on so long.

esbinsd

It was about time for them to get balls and do the right thing……..

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