Hundreds Arrested, Including AlterNet Reporter, as Occupy Wall Street Keeps Growing. Wall Street protests: Police brutality. 9:45 a.m. EDT, October 5, 2011 As a nonviolent activist, I read with interest your article "Wall Street protesters to target N.Y. police" (Sept. 30). I have had considerable contact with the police on the front lines of various protests over the years, and while most police officers have treated me with respect, on occasion some brutes have revealed their macho side.
Unfortunately, the New York City Police Department has an awful reputation for mistreating protesters. Since almost everyone has a camera these days, one would expect the police to be on their best behavior, but some still get out of control, presumably because they do not fear any punishment from their superiors. I am unable to be in New York, but the protesters there have my unmitigated support, and, yes, it is necessary to demand that police treat the protesters with respect.
Ironically, it is the protesters demanding accountability from the bankers who drove the economy off a cliff who are victims of police brutality. Raymond J. Learsy: CNN Takes "Occupy Wall Street" Not Very Seriously. There she was, Erin Burnett, in her second outing as a media star on CNN with her hour-long program venturing to the wilds of Wall Street to confront that ragtag assortment of demonstrators voicing their frustration and anger at the plenitude heaped on Wall Street while they and their future were being foreclosed by an old boy network that left most of them and the rest of the nation in the dust bin.
Cute as a button, and dressed the part complete with v-neck blouse and designer sunglasses perched on her head, she was almost indistinguishable from the crowd of demonstrators. She happened upon a young man named Dan ("our hero of the movement" as she put it) who happened to be an out of work computer programmer. Ms. Burnett and Dan sat together in the middle of so many other souls (or as Ms. Burnett would describe "a Mixed Bag... with books, bongos and banjos... ) milling about looking like two kindred spirits whiling the time away. Ms. No, Dan replied, he didn't know that. So there, Ms. Watch live: ‘Occupy Wall St.’ gears up for union-backed march.
By Stephen C. WebsterWednesday, October 5, 2011 10:04 EDT On Wednesday, Oct. 5, starting at 3 p.m. EST, “Occupy Wall Street” will march through the streets of New York City with the members of more than a dozen labor unions backing them up. Included on the list of unions now in solidarity with the occupation are: the AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the United Auto Workers, the United Federation of Teachers and National Nurses United. They’re also backed up by over two dozen various democratic organizations, like: MoveOn.org, Common Cause NY, 350.org and National People’s Action.
The video below is a live stream provided by the protesters. Photo: Flickr user david_shankbone. Stephen C. Stephen C. Occupy Wall Street Gets Two Shocking Endorsements. Occupy Wall Street Megamarch’s Violent Aftershocks: Senior Police Officer Beats Protesters With Baton [VIDEO] A video of a lieutenant, captain or inspector-rank police office hitting protesters with a baton has just emerged from the scene now near Occupy Wall Street’s headquarters at Zuccotti Park in the Financial District, where police are barricading the protesters with metal fences in order to control the large and agitated crowd. After today’s megamarch with the unions and students from at least five universities, protesters regrouped at Liberty Park Plaza around 6:30 p.m.
The Observer was all marched out–but the protesters weren’t. The number of union jackets dwindled, but marching continued in circles around the park. Around 9 p.m., a cohort of marchers were cordoned off by police officers on Wall Street. It looked as though there would be mass arrests. The police ended up shuttling the protesters down Williams Street and directing them back toward the park. Who coordinated the barricade?
“Chiefs,” one blue-shirt outside the Broad Street Starbucks said. “Too many chiefs in the kitchen?” The Wednesday Weigh-in: Occupy Wall Street and confronting privilege. This Occupy Wall Street Protest Happening Right Now Is MASSIVE. Live blog: Unions march on Wall Street - International Media Coverage Explodes As Crowds Grow. At Chicago Board of Trade: “We are the 1 percent” signs mocking Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Chicago protests. Consider that the tea party are berated, called names, mocked and threatened, (by the likes of people on this site and the media) yet you don't hear this sort of outrage or calls for vandalism and violence. I'm certainly not one of the 99% that advocates that sort of behavior no matter what you believe.
Then I go over to the occupywallst.org and the site mentions Socialism 660 times. (according to google). Some against but most in favor of. Yesterday on the radio i heard people from the actual protest calling it socialism. Start a political party and follow the virtues you demand of others. Here are some ideas I have. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 2% of every dollar of the national sales tax goes towards funding Healthcare.
Thats my 20 point manifesto with clear concise solutions.