Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Occupy Wall Street rises like a phoenix

Liz Goodwin and Dylan Stableford (The Lookout blog, Sept. 17, 2012)


More than 100 protesters were arrested in lower Manhattan on Monday during demonstrations marking the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the amorphous, anti-corporate greed movement that began in New York and spread to dozens of cities last year. Activists vowed to "shut down" Wall Street, with plans to create a human wall and block the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange.
  
And remember not to vote.
Hundreds of New York police officers were assembled early Monday in anticipation of the protests. Dozens of officers, some on horseback, blocked off the entrance to Wall Street to prevent protesters from carrying out their stated mission. At 10:00 am, the NYPD carted off a bus full of protesters, all of them arrested earlier Monday morning. A double-decker bus of sightseers followed closely behind. More

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