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New York Police Arrest Woman During News Interview for Speaking Out

In a chilling display of police intimidation, Rochester police dressed in riot gear snatched a woman away as she was conducting an on-camera interview with a news reporter during a protest against police abuse in New York Saturday night.

“I’m not going to hit anybody, I’m not going to shoot anybody. I’m going to speak to you, I’m going to use my words. I’m going to articulate myself because the message needs to be heard, the message is important. We don’t need this exact format, we need us to come out in numbers, we need more Rochesters.”

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Her name is Sapphire Williams, she’s 22 years old.  She was out with friends (not as part of the protest), and noticed the small group of protesters with a large group of riot-gear-clad officers.

She told CNN, “Seeing how there was a very small presence of protesters compared to the police, it evoke something in me to ask the officers a rhetorical question of what got us to this point.”

She talked to the crowd, the police, and was arrested while talking to the camera.  She was in custody until 7 am the next day.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/us/ny-protester-rushed-by-police-during-interview/

[I know someone already quoted what was being said but just to be clear about everything happening in the video here is the transcript]

Sapphire: I’m not going to hit anybody, I’m not going to shoot anybody. I’m going to speak to you, I’m going to use my words. I’m going to articulate myself because the message needs to be heard, the message is important. [long pause, crowd growing louder] We don’t need this exact format, we need us to come out in numbers, we need more Rochesters. [police begin to ambush her] Oh my god, oh my god!

[crowd begins to protest and then starts chanting “no justice no peace” for the remainder of the video]