The Manhattan DA's office has dropped charges against an Occupy Wall Street protester just as the protester's attorney was poised to subpoena Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna. Marisa Holmes was videotaping Bologna discharging pepper spray into a group of protesters when she was charged with obstructing governmental administration. "I would have loved to see 'Tony Baloney' on the stand," Holmes told the Daily News. But Bologna still might get his day in court, as two women have sued Bologna and the city over the incident.
For his actions on September 24, Bologna was docked 10 vacation days and transferred from his considerably more prestigious Manhattan South post to a position in Staten Island, presumably keeping him out of the thick of tomorrow's May Day actions. But if The Vigilogna does show up, don't be surprised if he uses 'ole Spicy again.
