Occupy Wall Street builds tent as 'safe house' to protect female protesters. Marcus Santos for New York Daily News Protesters erect new “safe” tent for women only in Zuccotti Park Friday after recent groping incidents were reported.
Spurred by a spate of sex attacks in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protesters built a “safe house” for women on Friday. The 16-square-foot military frame tent is designed to shelter up to 30 women from the predators lurking around the lower Manhattan encampment. “It will be used to protect ourselves from people out there,” said Nan Terrie, 17, a protester from East Oakland Park, Fla. “I’m sick and tired of women getting taken advantage of, raped and murdered. “We need to take charge. Terrie said the tent, erected along the southern edge of the park near Cedar St., will be outfitted with bunk beds, drawers and a welcome table. “I think it’s a great idea, especially for a movement like ours, to show we’re supporting each other,” said Bieje Chapman, 37, of Park Slope. rschapiro@nydailynews.com.
Egyptians March Through Midtown For Regime Change In Their Homeland. A solidarity march was held in Times Square this afternoon as Egyptian Americans rally in support of the protesters calling from President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how . install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now . Then come back here and refresh the page. Hundreds of Egyptian-Americans took part in a solidarity march from Times Square to the East Side Friday, in support of protesters in their homeland who are calling for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. For the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, the semi-corporate status of Zuccotti Park may be a boon. "You're worried about sanitation," Michael Bloomberg said on John Gambling's radio show Friday, talking about how long the protesters who have been gathered for two weeks near Wall Street might reasonably be allowed to stay.
"You're worried about lots of—there’s lots of laws on the books of what you can do in parks and that sort of thing. " But what are the rules about gathering and speaking out when a place isn't actually a park? What determines the point at which demonstrators officially wear out their welcome? The irony is that Zuccotti Park, the slice of Manhattan where the Occupy Wall Street protesters have chosen to rage against the intermingled dealings of government and corporations, is the product of an intermingling of government and a corporation.
"The park has always been associated with the building," said Melissa Coley, Brookfield's press contact, when I reached her by phone. For a long time, no one much cared. I pressed. But it's not a city park, I pointed out. Parents Rally Against Proposed Teacher Layoffs.