Angry 'Occupy' Protesters Plan to Take It to the Streets, as Some Threaten Violence


Published November 16, 2011

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NEW YORK – Organizers of protests and marches Thursday in New York City for the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement are calling for non-violent demonstrations, but that hasn't stopped some protesters from demanding a fiery confrontation with authorities.

"On the 17th, we’re going to burn New York City to the ground," one protester can be heard saying in video recorded after the protesters' home base, Zuccotti Park, was cleared Tuesday.

“No more talking. They’ve got guns, we’ve got bottles. They’ve got bricks, we’ve got rocks…in a few days you’re going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to Macy’s," the unidentified man spouted in the video.
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There is no indication that the man was part of a wider plan to carry out violence, though police across the country have been on guard against the potential for such threats in the Occupy movement.

The protesters Thursday will be joined by some angry city leaders who have publicly denounced Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the raid early Tuesday that dismantled the tent city in the plaza. Protesters were allowed to return that night, two at a time, but police were enforcing a ban on sleeping there.

Organizers say the loss of the campsite in Zuccotti Park may help broaden the movement. The head of the group's finances says it will open up a dialogue with organizers in other cities and take the protest to the next level.

Tuesday's raid was the third in a span of three days across the country. Police broke up camps Sunday in Portland, Ore., and Monday in Oakland, Calif.

Late Tuesday night, about a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters were in Zuccotti Park, talking and trying to stay awake.

They were sitting on the park's marble benches, occasionally chanting "We are the 99 percent" and other protest slogans as about 30 police officers were looking on.

A judge ruled Tuesday that the protesters could return to Zuccotti but could not set up camp.

Some of the overnight protesters were holding up signs.

One reads "Police, who do you protect really?" It's posted on the metal barricade that was constructed around the park after the protesters were hauled out of the park during a police raid Tuesday.

A handful of protesters also gathered at a nearby McDonald's, resting their heads on a table.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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