Occupy Wall Street

[Gerard]

I have a few observations:

http://american-rattlesnake.org/2011/10 ... ll-street/

http://american-rattlesnake.org/2011/10 ... ervations/

[RedDog]

They tried for Wall Street again today and it failed on the Brooklyn Bridge. 500 arrested. This BS will not take place south of Canal Street into the financial district. They were instructed to use the walkways on the bridge and chose to block traffic lanes, inviting police and mass arrests. They know that and are playing media for attention. We can do this every day. Do these people not have jobs, studies or homework? Will the media track the public cost of this silliness anytime soon? That's when the public at large will get in on the game - the ones getting their tax notices.

[Gerard]

I spoke with a friend of mine about this, and he's convinced that the only thing that will extinguish this is a severe cold snap. Even then, it's an iffy proposition. The city came to an agreement with the owners of Zuccotti Park, but which they reneged on by allowing them to camp out there indefinitely. I can't muster much sympathy though, since they were the ones who supported the construction of the Ground Zero mosque.

[Ogopogo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15143509

2 October 2011 Last updated at 11:57 ET
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Hundreds freed after New York Wall Street protest
Protester Michael Pellagatti, New York, 2 October Protester Michael Pellagatti holds up the plastic handcuffs used to restrain him and the court summons he was issued

Police in New York City have freed most of the more than 700 people arrested on Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a protest against corporate greed.

Fewer than 20 protesters are still held as they are yet to be identified.

Most of those freed were given citations for disorderly conduct and a criminal court summons.

The Occupy Wall Street group, camped in Manhattan's financial district for two weeks, says it will continue its demonstrations.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department told the BBC the small group still detained were expected to appear at the Manhattan criminal court on Sunday.
'Multiple warnings'

The arrests took place on Saturday after protesters carried out an impromptu walk over the East River to Brooklyn.

Some demonstrators carried slogans reading "End the Fed" and "Pepper spray Goldman Sachs".

Police said the protesters were given "multiple warnings" to keep to the pedestrian walkway but spread to the road, halting bridge traffic for several hours.

Some protesters accused the police of not issuing warnings or of tricking them on to the roadway, accusations the police denied.
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Demonstrator Henry-James Ferry: "'The police moved in with orange mesh barricade". Saturday footage courtesy Robert Cammiso

Occupy Wall Street says it will continue its campaign, with meetings on Sunday in Zuccotti Park, the privately owned area of land not far from Wall Street that it has occupied since 17 September.

There will be another march on Wall Street on Wednesday afternoon.

"We are the majority. We are the 99%. And we will no longer be silent," the group said in a statement.

"We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of non-violence to maximise the safety of all participants."

The protesters have had previous run-ins with New York's police.

On Friday, about 2,000 people marched under the Occupy Wall Street banner to New York's police headquarters to protest against arrests and police behaviour.

Some 80 people were arrested during a march on 25 September, mostly for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic, but one person was charged with assaulting a police officer.

A series of other small-scale protests have also sprung up in other US cities in sympathy with the aims of Occupy Wall Street.

Are you taking part in the protests? Send us your comments and experiences using the form below.

Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here.

[T.G.]

MSNBC on NYPD Police Brutality during Occupy Wall Street:

http://youtu.be/Zgr3DiqWYCI

[WestViking]

I never have been able to figure out what a bunch of nerds hope to accomplish by occupying Wall Street. They do not have the education, power or skills to bring about changes for the better. How is this civil disruption supposed to accomplish anything worthwhile?

[DA_Champion]

I never have been able to figure out what a bunch of nerds hope to accomplish by occupying Wall Street. They do not have the education, power or skills to bring about changes for the better. How is this civil disruption supposed to accomplish anything worthwhile?

Wall street is the greatest existential threat to western civilization, so it makes sense for people to resist.

[styky]

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge
Hundreds held by NYPD – including New York Times journalist – after attempted march across bridge ends in chaos
by Paul Harris
The Guardian

More than 700 people were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening during a march by anti-Wall Street protesters who have been occupying a downtown Manhattan square for two weeks.

The group, called Occupy Wall Street, has been protesting against the finance industry and other perceived social ills by camping out in Zuccotti park in New York.

During the afternoon a long line of protesters numbering several thousand snaked through the streets towards the landmark bridge across the East River with the aim of ending at a Brooklyn park.

However, during the march across the bridge groups of protesters sat down or strayed into the road from the pedestrian pathway. They were then arrested in large numbers by officers who were part of a heavy police presence shepherding the march along its path.

At one stage 500 protesters were blocked off by police on the bridge. At least one journalist, freelancer Natasha Lennard for the New York Times, was among those arrested. "About half way across the group of people who wanted to occupy the bridge launched their action and stepped into the road. They wanted to get arrested. It was sort of the idea," said Yaier Heber, one of the marchers.

But others said the sit-down protest appeared to happen only after the protesters were deliberately blocked off by police after actually being allowed onto the roadway. "They met the police line and ended up being arrested one by one," said Damon Eris, another protester.

The march ended in chaotic scenes with police buses driving up the bridge to be filled with arrested marchers. The packed buses then drove off to central booking. Meanwhile, other marchers waited at the bottom of the bridge's Manhattan side and cheered as some released protesters, or those who had escaped being blocked off, came back down. "Let them go! Let them go!" was a frequent chant.

Read the rest of the article - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oc ... lyn-bridge

[WestViking]

I never have been able to figure out what a bunch of nerds hope to accomplish by occupying Wall Street. They do not have the education, power or skills to bring about changes for the better. How is this civil disruption supposed to accomplish anything worthwhile?

Wall street is the greatest existential threat to western civilization, so it makes sense for people to resist.

That does not speak to the central question: "How is this civil disruption supposed to accomplish anything worthwhile?"

[SovietCanuckistan]

Make no mistake, these are nothing but communist thugs who deserve to be utterly crushed. They're even outright saying now they want to overthrow America and install Obama as a dictator. I support any police brutality against these leftist vermin. Their views represent the greatest threat to western society.

No conservative should support these protests. There are better ways to fix Wall Street than turning America into another Venezuela.

[styky]

Wall Street protests spreading to Toronto, Calgary, Montreal
Postmedia News Oct 2, 2011 – 8:21 PM ET | Last Updated: Oct 2, 2011 9:07 PM ET

Organizers of a protest slated to take place on Toronto’s Bay Street later this month say they’re following in the footsteps of American activists who have stormed Wall Street in New York and other U.S. cities in a rally against the global financial system.

Hundreds of people are expected to meet in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, at the intersection of Bay and King streets, on Oct. 15 to prepare for a march two days later as the Toronto Stock Exchange opens that Monday......................http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/02 ... -montreal/

[SovietCanuckistan]

Are they sure they want to try that bullshit in Toronto? We know how to deal with leftist garbage in our city.

[backhoe]

The Moronosphere covered both NYC & Boston "protests." Usual raw language warning:

http://minx.cc/?post=322124

Plague of Mind-Numbing Idiocy Moves North [JWF]

Before we regale you with 13 minutes of of pious, sanctimonious drivel from Boston, we first must offer up what has to be the best of all protest signs we've seen from the filthy hippies in Manhattan. It's almost too clever that I'm thinking this guy is an AoS moron who's gone undercover.

Now Ace has kindly asked we refrain from excessive use colorful language, so let it be known I'm just quoting this guy...

59 Stanley, I agree. We need to go after these rotten SOBs.

The first thing we have to do is go after the politicians they give so lavishly to.

Here's a list of the biggest recipients of Wall Street and financial sector money:
Barack Obama
Barney Frank
Chuck Schumer
Chris Dodd (no longer)

I encourage you to go after these people and make their lives a living hell.

Because I'm a giver- "Moar..."

http://minx.cc/?post=322140

If you believe that Wall Street is the Root of All Evil, I've got a Bridge to Sell You. [krakatoa]

The Left doing what the Left does best: Marching to protest [fill this space with, literally, anything].

[J.B. Stone]

Wall street is the greatest existential threat to western civilization, so it makes sense for people to resist.

[dpwozney]

In this article headlined:

“Wall Street protesters: We're in for the long haul
Wall Street protest moves into third week; protesters have no intention of stopping”

The protesters ... [are] ... showing no sign of quitting.

What are they going to do, keep marching until Mystery Babylon burns?