NYPD Keeps Press From Covering Occupy Wall Street

Late last night, Michael Bloomberg ordered Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street protests, to be cleared. This was a huge story for the various journalists assembled there, but that old saying “freedom of the press” was tossed out the window by the NYPD.

According to the New York Times, there were many journalists barred from covering the eviction, and some were even dealt with physically. Josh Harkinson, a writer for the website Mother Jones, said he was “violently