Anthony Bologna, the NYPD officer who maced a protester at the Occupy Wall Street rally, was named in several civil rights lawsuits related to arrests made at the 2004 Republican National Convention.Posr A. Posr filed suit against Bologna and another officer, Tulio Camejo, in 2007, for false arrest and civil rights violations. The arrest took place on August 31, 2004, during the Republican National Convention in New York City, when around 1800 people were arrested for protesting the Iraq War.
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