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Title: More Than 700 Arrested In Wall Street Protest
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REUTERS
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011 ... llstreet-idUSN1E79000D20111002
Published: Oct 2, 2011
Author: By Ray Sanchez
Post Date: 2011-10-02 13:41:22 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4871
Comments: 12
NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening after more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the span. The arrests took place when a large group of marchers, participating in a second week of protests by the Occupy Wall Street movement, broke off from others on the bridge's pedestrian walkway and headed across the Brooklyn-bound lanes. "Over 700 summonses and desk appearance tickets have been issued in connection with a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge late this afternoon after multiple warnings by police were given to protesters to stay on the pedestrian walkway, and that if they took roadway they would be arrested," a police spokesman said. "Some complied and took the walkway without being arrested. Others proceeded on the Brooklyn-bound vehicular roadway and were. The bridge was re-opened to traffic at 8:05 p.m. (0005 GMT Sunday)." Most of those who were arrested were taken into custody off the bridge, issued summonses and released. Witnesses described a chaotic scene on the famous suspension bridge as a sea of police officers surrounded the protesters using orange mesh netting. Some protesters tried to get away as officers started handcuffing members of the group. Dozens of protesters were seen handcuffed and sitting on the span as three buses were called in to take them away, witnesses and organizers said. The march started about 3:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) from the protesters' camp in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan near the former World Trade Center. Members of the group have vowed to stay at the park through the winter. CELEBRITY SUPPORT In addition to what they view as excessive force and unfair treatment of minorities, including Muslims, the movement is also protesting against home foreclosures, high unemployment and the 2008 bailouts. Filmmaker Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon have stopped by the protesters' camp, which is plastered with posters with anti-Wall Street slogans and has a kitchen and library, to offer their support. On Friday evening, more than 1,000 demonstrators, including representatives of labor organizations, held a peaceful march to police headquarters a few blocks north of City Hall to protest what they said was a heavy-handed police response the previous week. No arrests were reported. A week ago, police arrested about 80 members of Occupy Wall Street near the Union Square shopping district as the marchers swarmed onto oncoming traffic. A police commander doused a handful of women with pepper spray in an incident captured on video and spread via the Internet, galvanizing the loosely organized protest movement. The group has gained support among some union members. The United Federation of Teachers and the Transport Workers Union Local 100, which has 38,000 members, are among those pledging solidarity. The unions could provide important organizational and financial support for the largely leaderless movement. Similar protests are sprouting in other cities, including Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. (Reporting by Ray Sanchez; editing by Philip Barbara and Bill Trott)
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Alternate headline: Trust fund babies, and wannabe's get arrested for acting like idiots. Film at eleven.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
The difference between you and them is that they aren't just sitting around in air conditioned comfort, anonymously complaining - they are actually willing to show up and stick their necks out.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Too easy, but okay: 1. Its AUTUMN here. Fireplaces are lit at night. Furnaces running. Not air conditioning. 2. Oh, the horror! I have a JOB. And my own COMPANY! And I created JOBS! And hired PEOPLE! 3. You say 'complaining' I say 'speaking truth to power'! And I'll note it wasn't too long ago you liberal idiots were screeching 'We have a RIGHT to disagree with ANY ADMINISTRATION!'. 4, They showed up to camp out, and not look for work. Stick their necks out? Puleese, they HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME, as our VP likes to say. You should get Lucy to post in your stead today, Goofy. She's gotta be smarter than what you are displaying here today.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Calling people names on a internet chat site with limited membership is hardly 'speaking truth to power'.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
3. You say 'complaining' I say 'speaking truth to power'! And I'll note it wasn't too long ago you liberal idiots were screeching 'We have a RIGHT to disagree with ANY ADMINISTRATION!'. Calling people names on a internet chat site with limited membership is hardly 'speaking truth to power'. Once again demonstrating the false standards liberal adhere to, Goofy. Nobody claimed what you wrote. And of course, you don't address the points made, because, well, you are GOOFY. run along. We're done for now.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Your partner and his wife....you and your wife and, according to you, one other person. The Workers of the World Thank You Boofer For Making The Word "PEOPLE" Singular...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
What does that mean? And of course, you don't address the points made, because, well, you are GOOFY. What point? That just now you are using heat and not air conditioning where you live?
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
Good grief, in the past couple of months I've employed more people than that.
"You post articles- intellectual excrement, really- that support your inane, insipid mentality, on a regular basis. Capitalist Eric
We employ 6 and we're not a "multi-million dollar company"...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Nobody claimed what you wrote. What does that mean? Read it slower, after rereading your own post, Goofy. Sheesh, get your kid to explain it to you if need be.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Gee, this would have 'meaning' if the source you based it upon had any knowledge on the topic. He doesn't as the cut and paste confirms.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I'm quoting you in that "cut and paste", Boofer...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
#2. To: Badeye (#1)
Alternate headline: Trust fund babies, and wannabe's get arrested for acting like idiots.
#3. To: lucysmom (#2)
The difference between you and them is that they aren't just sitting around in air conditioned comfort, anonymously complaining - they are actually willing to show up and stick their necks out.
#4. To: Badeye (#3)
3. You say 'complaining' I say 'speaking truth to power'! And I'll note it wasn't too long ago you liberal idiots were screeching 'We have a RIGHT to disagree with ANY ADMINISTRATION!'.
#5. To: lucysmom (#4)
#6. To: Badeye (#3)
2. Oh, the horror! I have a JOB. And my own COMPANY! And I created JOBS! And hired PEOPLE!
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#7. To: Badeye (#5)
Nobody claimed what you wrote.
#8. To: war (#6)
Your partner and his wife....you and your wife and, according to you, one other person.
#9. To: lucysmom (#8)
Good grief, in the past couple of months I've employed more people than that.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#10. To: lucysmom (#7)
#11. To: lucysmom (#8)
Good grief, in the past couple of months I've employed more people than that
#12. To: Badeye (#11)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
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