The NYPD is investigating an apparent Occupy Wall Street protester who made threats on Twitter Saturday about killing cops.
“We won’t make a difference if we don’t kill a cop or 2,” someone with the Twitter handle Smackema1 posted at about 11:40 p.m. to Ustream, which showed footage of the Zuccotti Park protests in Manhattan.
“There is no name or any other identifying information linked to the Twitter account, but the NYPD is seeking a subpoena to run it down,” said spokesman Paul Browne. Police are separately checking telephone threats made to two cops and their families on Saturday, Browne added.
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In all, 73 demonstrators were arrested Saturday and yesterday, including two for assaulting cops, police said.
Christopher Geist, 38, allegedly squeezed a cop’s crotch and tried to steal his gun. Cecily McMillan, 23, allegedly elbowed an officer in the eye after she was treated at New York Downtown Hospital for a seizure. She was then taken to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
Last night, close to 200 demonstrators rallied behind the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.