Thousands Protest at Bank of America Offices in Boston

Boston –  Police have arrested two dozen protesters for trespassing during a demonstration against Bank of America's foreclosure practices at the banking giant's offices in downtown Boston.

The Boston Herald reports that the event was an act of civil disobedience that the organizers intended to send the message that the lender's practices were unfair.

"They wanted to be arrested, and we obliged," Boston police Commissioner Edward F. Davis told the newspaper.

Organizers say about 3,000 people joined the protest.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/dozens-arrested-at-bank-america-headquarters-in-boston/

 

 

More than 700 arrested in Wall Street protest

(Reuters) - Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday evening after more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the span.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/02/us-wallstreet-protests-idUSTRE7900BL20111002

Picture: Protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge

'Let us go!': About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest

Ant-Wall Street marchers block traffic lanes on Brooklyn Bridge, police say

What began with a small, disorganized protest on Wall Street has become nationwide demonstrations against corporate greed. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

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Keiser Report – With Roseanne Barr On #occupywallstreet

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/10/01/kr191-keiser-roseanne-barr/

Occupy Wall Street protesters march against police brutality

Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in New York to highlight police brutality at last week's protest against the power of the US finance industry


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/01/occupy-wall-street-protesters-police-brutality

OCCUPY WALLSTREET PROTESTORS TAKE OVER BROOKLYN BRIDGE

http://www.wearechange.org/?p=9843

Mayor Bloomberg

Mayor Bloomberg: "We'll See" If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/mayor_bloomberg_28.php

New Yorkers need “to help the banks” was Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s message to the Occupy Wall Street crowd in his weekly radio appearance on the John Gambling show.

Bloomberg Says Wall Streeters Are Struggling To Make Ends Meet

Much more New York news at Runnin' Scared

Cops Arrest Large Number of Occupy Wall Street Protesters

Local media in New York reports that a large number of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested this afternoon near Union Square in Lower Manhattan.

“A spokesman for the protesters claimed more than 50 were arrested. The NYPD has not responded to WNYC’s request for comment,” WNYC reported at 5:32 PM EST.

“Protesters wielding signs that demanded ‘End the Fed’ and other anti-Wall St slogans marched up Fifth Avenue near Union Square on Saturday, drawing a significant police presence and snarling traffic in the neighborhood,” Chris Bannon writes for the radio station.

BuzzFeed puts the number arrested at around 80. “While the NYPD maintains that they neither own nor use tear gas, some have stepped forward to confirm that they were pepper-sprayed. In at least one video, a man is violently tackled for simply talking to an officer,” writes Chris Menning for the website.

NY cops have a reputation for man-handling non-violent protesters. In the second video here, New York City’s finest corral a number of female protesters and then pepper-spray them:

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As should be expected, the corporate media has failed to cover the events on Wall Street this week in a meaningful way, instead choosing to portray the demonstrators as troublemakers and buffoons.
One New York television station, however, is asking for videos covering the arrest of nonviolent protesters and police brutality. If you have footage of the arrests and cops viciously pepper-spraying women, send an email here: desk@ny1news.com.

An Emergency Program for Anti-Wall Street Protestors:

Don’t Let Soros Hijack the Movement

Political mass strike dynamics have been at work in the United States since the Wisconsin and Ohio mobilizations of February and March. Now, there are demonstrations in lower Manhattan and Boston specifically directed against the Wall Street banks. Another protest demonstration is scheduled for Washington, DC, starting on October 6. Good: a political challenge to Wall Street is indeed long overdue.

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are skeptical in regard to Obama. There is no sizable constituency for Ron Paul, and the crackpot Austrian school of economics is hardly represented. Above all, there is a desire to break the power of Wall Street. This much is promising, but still not enough to win.


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