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NYPD removes 'Big Brother' ads near Occupy protest site
N.Y. Daily News ^ | 9.18.2012, 11:58 AM | BEN CHAPMAN, JOE KEMP

Posted on 09/25/2012 8:12:16 AM PDT by Covenantor

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1162030

9.18.2012, 11:58 AM

BEN CHAPMAN, JOE KEMP

NYPD removes 'Big Brother' ads near Occupy protest site

City workers fanned out across lower Manhattan to quickly investigate and remove a series of fake NYPD "public service" ads depicting the police force as drone-deploying Big Brother that someone installed in bus shelters.

The bright blue signs which were first spotted Tuesday morning near Whitehall and Waters Sts. but later were discovered in DUMBO, Brooklyn feature NYPD logos.

One pictures a drone dropping a bomb on a family.

"DRONES", the sign reads. "Protection when you least expect it."

Another sign nearby shows a crowd of people marching in business attire with surveillance cameras and two drones one firing missiles hovering above.

At the top of the poster is an image of Mayor Bloomberg with the misspelled phrase: "Always Wathching."

It was not immediately clear who posted the signs, which also bear a fake stamp from the Ad Council, a non-partisan public service group. NYPD investigators were dusting the bus shelters for prints.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said, "(It) appears to be NYPD critics subjecting us to a droll attack."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; drones; nypd
Turns out 'perp' is a graphic artist who did a 50 poster blitz one night.
1 posted on 09/25/2012 8:12:25 AM PDT by Covenantor
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To: Covenantor

This is on issue that leftists and conservatives and everyone else should join together on.


2 posted on 09/25/2012 8:14:13 AM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: Covenantor
They're nice and big too.


3 posted on 09/25/2012 8:21:20 AM PDT by Iron Munro (US Embassies Come and Go But An Obama Apology Lasts Forever)
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To: Covenantor
Why did you put the word "perp" in scare quotes?
4 posted on 09/25/2012 8:21:52 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Covenantor

Is this before or after meeting with Ahmadinejad?


5 posted on 09/25/2012 8:30:38 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Chickensoup

I’m with you on this one - if the left is against this - fine. Count me in...


6 posted on 09/25/2012 8:50:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (You only establish a feel for the line by having crossed it. - - Freeper One Name)
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To: GOPJ
Recently, Obama said, "Most important is you can’t change Washington from inside, only from the outside." So what was Obama's answer to getting change? It was, "mobilizing the American people.”

Obama was referring to the Occupy movement, which failed.

7 posted on 09/25/2012 9:19:10 AM PDT by aimhigh
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