Occupy Groups Plan New March on NY's Financial District to Mark Year II; Several Arrests Already Mad - Polidicks

[quote]The group, which popularized the phrase "We are the 99 percent," will [B]attempt to surround the New York Stock Exchange and disrupt morning rush hour in the financial district, according to a movement spokeswoman.[/B] Monday's protests will cap a weekend of Occupy Wall Street seminars, music and demonstrations in New York, said Linnea Paton, 24, an OWS spokeswoman. Demonstrations are also planned in other U.S. cities, other OWS organizers said. The grassroots movement caught the world by surprise last fall with a spontaneous encampment in lower Manhattan that soon spread to cities across North America and Europe. Occupy Wall Street briefly revived a long-dormant spirit of U.S. social activism, and drew enduring attention to economic injustice. But the movement's colorful cast of theatrical demonstrators struggled through last winter to sustain the momentum that first drew attention to its patchwork of economic grievances - including corporate malfeasance on Wall Street, crippling student debt and aggressive bank foreclosures on American homes. On Sunday, organizers will provide live music, including a Foley Square concert featuring Tom Morello, guitarist for the rock band Rage Against the Machine. [B]At 7 a.m. Monday, some protesters will try to surround the NYSE, while others will engage in a loosely choreographed series of "sit-ins" at intersections throughout the financial district, according to OWS's website.[/B] The tactics are designed to undermine New York police efforts to contain protesters on the narrow, winding streets of the financial district. Last year's demonstrations featured the spectacle of activists breaking into sudden dashes down one narrow street or another, pursued by visibly frustrated police and television reporters tripping down cobblestone streets. Sound permits for Sunday's events have been secured, Paton said, but OWS has not sought permits for Monday's protests - which last fall led to mass arrests and clashes between police and protesters. Occupy Wall Street maintains about $50,000 in its bail fund, several organizers said. Chief New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown confirmed that no OWS demonstration permit applications were submitted, but said police will be prepared for demonstrations. [B]"We accommodate peaceful protests and make arrests for unlawful activity," he said. [/B] [B]Brown said that based on previous experience with OWS, the NYPD expects that "a relatively small group of self-described anarchists will attempt unlawful activity and try to instigate confrontations with police by others while attempting to escape arrest themselves ... we expect most demonstrators to be peaceful."[/B] [B]New York police have made a total of 1,852 Occupy arrests as of September 12, 2012, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office, including the arrest of 700 protesters who spilled into the roadway while marching across the Brooklyn Bridge last October.[/B] On Friday, Twitter was ordered by a New York judge to turn over the tweets of one of the protesters arrested on the bridge. That case has emerged as a closely watched court fight over law enforcement access to users' social media content. [B]Six weeks after the Brooklyn Bridge arrests, citing public health concerns, New York authorities entered the Manhattan OWS camp and disbursed protesters. The movement has never regained its initial momentum.[/B][/quote] Source: [URL]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-usa-occupy-idUSBRE88E07220120916[/URL] [quote][B]On the first of three days of events planned for the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, about 250 people marched down Broadway from Washington Square toward Zuccotti Park, accompanied by a large number of police officers on foot, in marked and unmarked cars, and riding scooters.[/B] At two points along the way, police officers plunged into the crowd and made arrests on sidewalks. Further arrests followed after the crowd reached its destination. In all, it appeared that [B]at least 15 people were taken into custody.[/B] Police officials could not immediately provide information about how many people were arrested and with what they were being charged. The first arrests took place around 6:30 p.m. on Broadway near West 4th Street. Witnesses said that marchers were on the sidewalk on the west side of Broadway when officers grabbed one young man who may have been wearing a bandanna mask and pushed him against the wall. A video of the event showed milling protesters and officers pushing into the crowd on the sidewalk. Moments later, five men in handcuffs could be seen in the rear of a police van. [B]Standing nearby, Shir Campeas, 17, said she had been passing by when the arrests occurred and did not witness what initiated the police action. “All of a sudden the police went into the crowd,” she said, adding that the protesters “got really mad.” [/B] The marchers continued south, chanting “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out,” and “We are the 99 percent.” More arrests took place near White Street. Again, officers ran onto the sidewalk and grabbed people in the crowd. [B]A commander wearing a white shirt took one man by the arm and threw him forcefully face down on the sidewalk. Some in the crowd said that officers appeared to be pointing out specific individuals for arrest. [/B] “They’re jumping onto the sidewalk and grabbing people,” said Stacey Hessler, one of the marchers. Around 8 p.m., after the march reached Zuccotti Park, the police arrested a woman on Broadway near Wall Street who had tried to burn an American flag and gotten into a dispute with a man who tried to stop her. A large crowd formed on the sidewalk and soon a line of officers began pushing the protesters back north toward Zuccotti Park. Some of the protesters linked arms and moved slowly as the officers herded them. At 8:30, near Thames Street, a commander ordered the crowd to disperse, and a moment later officers pushed into the crowd, knocking down some protesters and arresting some. The police repeated that maneuver a few minutes later, and then pushed a group of protesters against the side of a building. [B]One man objected, and an officer pulled him from the crowd and arrested him. At least two other arrests followed, with officers appearing to grab some people almost at random.[/B] Across Broadway, a commander announced that protesters could not stand on a stretch of sidewalk. A man yelled that he had the right to be there and the commander chased him for several feet before the man scrambled away. [B]By 9 p.m., almost all of the remaining protesters left the area as a line of officers advanced toward a group standing on the corner of Liberty Street and Broadway while a captain announced through a megaphone that the group was blocking pedestrian traffic. [/B] The Occupy Wall Street protest began in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 17, 2011. The protesters set up an encampment inside Zuccotti Park and said they had done so to call attention to a financial system that they believed unfairly favored the rich and powerful. For the movement’s anniversary, protesters planned three days of rallies, teach-ins and marches, starting Friday and culminating Monday in an attempt to surround the New York Stock Exchange.[/quote] Source: [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/nyregion/several-arrests-at-occupy-wall-street-march.html?_r=1[/URL]

Because disrupting morning rush hour and annoying thousands who are just trying to keep their lights on and their roofs over their heads is the way to bring about change, right guys?

[QUOTE=TestECull;37685116]Because disrupting morning rush hour and annoying thousands who are just trying to keep their lights on and their roofs over their heads is the way to bring about change, right guys?[/QUOTE] Isn't the whole point of a protest making sure that you're noticed? If you're completely ignored, then you aren't accomplishing anything.

[QUOTE=TestECull;37685116]Because disrupting morning rush hour and annoying thousands who are just trying to keep their lights on and their roofs over their heads is the way to bring about change, right guys?[/QUOTE] Where exactly would you march or protest with any (even relatively) large group of people where this wouldn't happen? A protest accomplishes nothing if it doesn't at least disrupt [I]something.[/I]

[QUOTE=TestECull;37685116]Because disrupting morning rush hour and annoying thousands who are just trying to keep their lights on and their roofs over their heads is the way to bring about change, right guys?[/QUOTE] ah yes a much more effective tactic would be to sit quietly in a park and be ignored by the media while the people who have the power to listen to you and change things ignore you because you're not even a minor concern

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People say "why do they have to protest to change the world, why can't they just become politicians." HAHAHAHAHA [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] politicians [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] HAHAHAHAHA

[QUOTE=somescripter;37685208]People say "why do they have to protest to change the world, why can't they just become politicians." HAHAHAHAHA [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] politicians [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] HAHAHAHAHA[/QUOTE] googled it and pretty much lot's schooling or being rich is what it takes

[QUOTE=somescripter;37685208]People say "why do they have to protest to change the world, why can't they just become politicians." HAHAHAHAHA [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] politicians [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] HAHAHAHAHA[/QUOTE] you're right - the only way to end socio-economic division is to destroy the democratic system i mean seriously, how else is this going to happen - is the plan that if enough people sit outside banks everyone with lots of money will suddenly become altruistic?

[QUOTE=BoysLightUp;37685232]you're right - the only way to end socio-economic division is to destroy the democratic system i mean seriously, how else is this going to happen - is the plan that if enough people sit outside banks everyone with lots of money will suddenly become altruistic?[/QUOTE] uh no the point isn't to dismantle the democratic system its to try and show your [B]representatives[/B] that you have concerns which they are supposed to [B]represent[/B] for you using their power. you can't just magically become a politician and expect to win, it takes tonnes of schooling, being rich, christian, and overall groomed and endorsed for your career by the right people at the right time. protests like OWS are an attempt to show the people who are supposed to speak for us that we have issues they are supposed to address. they don't because politicians don't give a shit what their constituents think, once they're in office they're just there to have fun and take checks from whoever is willing to pay them.