NDAA

Is this the America you want to live in? 

In a disturbing new video released by OccupyTVNY, Occupy Wall Street participants are arrested at Grand Central Station when non-violently Mic Checking on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).




With a large group of protesters, one of the people proclaims with a People's Mic:

"The National Defense Authorization Act criminalizes our voices.  This new law criminalizes fighting for a better life - "

The rest becomes inaudible as N.Y.P.D. moves in to arrest her while she is speaking.  The crowd chants, "Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!"  As she is then dragged off by the officers, she shouts out that she tried to speak with them first but they pushed her away.  As they carry her down a hallway in the building and other security personnel stop the camera person from following, another man states to a responding crowd:

"Mic check!  Mic check!  Is this the America you want to live in?  You express your First Amendment and they throw you out the door!"

At that point, they arrest that individual, too, while he is non-violently asserting his First Amendment right to free speech about the First Amendment.  Still, he continues with the crowd's response:

Protester:  "I'm getting arrested -"

Crowd:  "I'm getting arrested - "

At that point, he also becomes inaudible as police can be seen arm-locking him about the throat, and thereby, even physically silencing his voice at its bodily source, as they drag him away.