Letter: Hidden badge numbers most disturbing in Albany police removal of protestors
to the editor
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FILE. Letter writer says, What disturbed me most was the menacing message the officers sent to the protesters: If you push us too far, you are going to regret it and there s nothing you can do about it because you won t be able to prove who did it to you. (Eduardo Medina/Times Union)Eduardo Medina
Upon learning of the abrupt and violent removal of Black Lives Matter protesters from their encampment on Arch Street in Albany, I rushed to the Grand Street police barricade in hopes of helping to prevent further escalation. Of all the confrontation s complex ingredients, I want to focus here on an especially troubling one: most of the 30-40 Albany Police Department officers had obscured their badge numbers, some by using duct tape and others by strategically placing riot gear over their badges.