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Occupy Attorney Says NYPD Has Anger Issues

COPS AT BROADWAY AND PINE web edit
Police guard a barricade at Broadway and Pine Street, one block south of Zucotti Park where protesters were evicted after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15. Photo: Frank Runyeon

Margaret Kunstler, an attorney for Occupy Wall Street, is also the widow of famed civil rights lawyer William Kunstler, who defended the Chicago Seven after the riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

When we asked Margaret Kunstler if she was concerned about violence against the Occupy protesters, Kunstler gave the following reply during a telephone interview. Click below to listen.

Margaret Kunstler: NYPD Has Anger Issues by frankrunyeon