But when a couple of Daily Caller employees were at Occupy Wall Street this morning, it was the very protesters they had been demonizing who ended up helping them out. Daily Caller reporter Michelle Fields — who faced off with actor Matt Damon earlier this year over education policy — and videographer Direna Cousins both claim they were attacked by the New York Police Department (NYPD) while covering the raucous protests in the Financial District today. Fields added that Occupy Wall Street protestersimmediately came up to her to offer their help:
"Direna had a camera in her hand and I had a microphone, and we were being hit," she said. "When I fell to the ground I said at one point, 'I'm just covering this! I'm covering this!' And the officer just said, 'Come on, get up, get up,' before pulling me up by my jacket.'" "The protesters came up to me right away and asked if I needed any medical assistance. They were actually very kind and helpful. It was the police officers who were very aggressive," Fields added.
Fields says that protesters right now are effectively "barricaded" in Zuccotti Park, which was the spot from which they were ousted from on Tuesday.
The Daily Caller has now added video of Fields being assaulted by police. Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/17/371349/reporters-for-right-wing-publication-daily-caller-beaten-by-nypd-helped-by-protesters/
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