The New York Post reports that Eric Linsker, who teaches poetry at City University of New York and is 29 years old, was arrested Saturday during anti-police demonstrations in New York City, … for allegedly attacking two NYPD lieutenants who tried to stop him from tossing a garbage can on cops from an elevated Brooklyn Bridge walkway. Eric Linsker, 29, of Brooklyn allegedly brought a backpack holding three hammers and a black ski mask to the massive anti-cop march that turned violent around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Linsker and the other protesters ran away after kicking and punching the two cops — one of whom suffered a broken nose — but he was tracked down through evidence found in his bag, which had been left behind, sources said. It is hard to think of a good explanation for bringing a ski mask and hammers to a demonstration that does not involve disguise and violence.  And there is precedent for exactly those items being used criminally, as in...(Read Full Post)