(Fox News) — A New York City police officer was slashed during Thursday’s “Occupy Wall Street” action — and a second cop was taken to a local hospital with an eye injury — after clashes between protesters and activists across lower Manhattan, sources told FoxNews.com.Both officers are said to be in stable condition, although the incident marked an escalation of tension in the uneasy give-and-take between NYPD officers charged with maintaining order, and protesters determined to be heard. . . .
Prompted by unknown reasons, a single officer, on-duty at the time, waded into a mass of protesters in Zuccotti Park. Once there, the officer called for back-up. Two additional officers responded to the call for help and joined the original one.Something was thrown at eye of the original officer, perhaps an irritant, said law enforcement sources at the scene. Then, moments later, something “sharp” was thrown at one of other officers providing back-up, causing a deep gash on this thumb, the source said.
The officer hit in the eye was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where his injured eye was “flushed out,” said a law enforcement source. The second cop was taken to an as-yet unidentified local hospital, where he was due to receive numerous stitches to close the gash on his hand, law enforcement sources told FoxNews.com.
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It's gone on long enough. I believe in freedom of speech, not squatter's rights. Hose 'em, mace 'em, turn the dogs on 'em, whatever it takes, but get rid of 'em!
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