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Occupy Wall Streeters plan to shut down stock exchange, swarm subways


By SALLY GOLDENBERG, LARRY CELONA and BOB FREDERICKS
Last Updated: 6:20 AM, November 17, 2011
Posted: 1:03 AM, November 17, 2011



The Occupy Wall Streeters are about to create chaos for 99 percent of the city.

In one of the largest demonstrations in recent city history, the anti-greed rabble plans to swarm the subways, take over the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down the stock exchange today.

Tens of thousands of protesters — fresh off their eviction from Zuccotti Park — are expected to kick off the day of chaos around 7 a.m. by throwing a massive block party on Wall Street aimed at disrupting the trading day.

“We will shut down Wall Street,â€

[quote]One protester, who called herself Miss Grim, said, “You f--k with us, we multiply. â€

Occupy roundup: Movement celebrates two months of demonstrations


By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 7:14 AM EST, Thu November 17, 2011



(CNN) -- What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across major cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth.

Here is a roundup of some of the movement's recent developments.

NEW YORK

Protesters have events planned throughout the city Thursday to mark the movement's beginning two months ago. Occupy Wall Street protesters say they want Thursday to be a day of non-violent protest, although it comes a day after a demonstrator was arrested for making violent threats. Nkrumah Tinsley was arrested after being seen in a YouTube video making threats to use a Molotov cocktail on Macy's department store, New York police said. He also was seen in another part of the video threatening to "burn down the city" Thursday. About 200 people were arrested Wednesday, police said.
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For two months, the movement has been based in Lower Manhattan and has spawned similar demonstrations in cities nationwide and around the world.

DALLAS

Police evicted an Occupy encampment from City Hall property early Thursday, city officials said in a statement. Beginning at about midnight, "police made several announcements, over a 90-minute period of time, via loudspeakers asking for demonstrators to leave," the statement said. Those that refused to leave were arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. ET). Eighteen people were arrested, the statement said, and a crisis intervention team assisted seven people in obtaining shelter.

SEATTLE

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn apologized to protesters on Wednesday following a confrontation late Tuesday that ended in demonstrators being pepper sprayed, according to CNN affiliate KCPQ. In a statement, McGinn also said he asked Police Chief John Diaz to review the actions against Occupy Seattle protesters.

"To those engaged in peaceful protest, I am sorry that you were pepper sprayed. I spoke to (84-year-old activist who was pepper sprayed) Dorli Rainey, who I know personally, to ask how she was doing and to ask for her description of events. I also called in Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and the command staff to review the actions of last night. They agreed that this was not their preferred outcome," McGinn said in his statement.

The pepper spray incident happened when the group marched from Seattle Central Community College to the Belltown neighborhood, blocking traffic, CNN affiliate KCPQ said.

SAN FRANCISCO

Dozens of demonstrators held a sit-in at a Bank of America branch on California Street in San Francisco. There were some arrests, but the action was described by CNN's Augie Martin as "very peaceful."

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Gov. Nikki Haley has encouraged demonstrators to return to the state Capitol on Thursday and said their signs and chants are welcome, but not their sleeping bags and mattresses, according to CNN affiliate WIS. In a press conference Wednesday, Haley said the Capitol grounds are for citizens' use during daylight hours only and should be respected. Law enforcement arrested dozens of protesters Wednesday. One protester told WIS "We're calm, we're peaceful and we're not agitators."

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'Occupy' Protestors March on New York Stock Exchange




Now displaced but still determined, The "Occupy Wall St." movement started anew Thursday with protestors -- far less than the anticipated 10,000 -- marching on the heart of Manhattan's Financial District, two days after cops rousted the ragtag bunch from their home encampment in nearby Zuccotti Park.

Protest organizers had called for 10,000 people to amass in lower Manhattan, but the crowd appeared to only number roughly 1,000.

The marchers symbolically started at the now-cleared park as the sun rose above Manhattan and suited squads of traders and brokers arrived for regular shifts. They headed directly for another symbolic destination -- the New York Stock Exchange. Dozens of arrests were reported to FoxNews.com by a law enforcement source.

The NYPD did its best to keep the protestors on the periphery of the plaza in front of the exchange, cordoning off the area with metal barricades, scooters and parked vans. Only a smattering of the officers wore helmeted riot gear, the rest in their blue, workaday attire.

But as soon as one of the many side streets leading to the Exchange in the warren-like Financial District was blocked by the NYPD, the protestors resumed their march and headed for another entry point.

Blocked from access to the plaza, the march effectively surrounded the outskirts.

"We just encircled Wall St. We'll do it all day," said David Suker, a protestor who was among the crowd and distributing copies of the "Occupy Wall St. Journal."

"If we don't have the park, we'll take the streets. If we can't take Wall St., we'll take the side streets. We'll do it all day and all week."

The emboldened horde held signs, chanted slogans like, "These are our streets!" and "We are the 99 percent!" as it wended its way in a circular pattern around the NYSE's plaza.

"We're fed up," said John Tobacco, part of a group called the "Wall St. Freedom Fighters." "Enough is enough."

The NYPD set up a checkpoint where NYSE employees could enter the plaza. A few hundred protestors massed there, and heckled the arriving workers with chants of, "Shame! Shame! Shame!" and "Shut it down!"

Some protestors blocked traffic on a roadway in the Financial District. The NYPD responded by peacefully herding the group back to the sidewalk.

The day of action had been planned before the city and park owners cracked down on the encampment in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, but took on added importance to the protesters after tents, tarps and sleeping bags were cleared out early Tuesday and the granite plaza was cleaned for the first time since the group arrived more than two months ago.

"We will get boots on the ground again," said Rory Simpson, 29, who described himself as an itinerant activist as he made signs Wednesday evening. "This is not over yet."

The group announced it would rally near the New York Stock Exchange, then fan out across Manhattan and head to subways, before gathering downtown and marching over the Brooklyn bridge. "Resist austerity. Rebuild the economy. Reclaim our democracy," the group wrote in a news release.

Similar protests were planned around the county. New York City officials said they had not spoken to demonstrators but were aware of the plans.

"The protesters are calling for a massive event aimed at disrupting major parts of the city," Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said. "We will be prepared for that."

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.

Meanwhile, police broke up camps Sunday in Portland, Ore., and Monday in Oakland, Calif.

On the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, police in riot gear raided an encampment around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, removing about 20 tents and arresting two protesters. Television footage showed a bulldozer moving into the area after the raid.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that police surrounded the 40 or so campers and gave them 10 minutes to gather their belongings and leave. Only two of the campers stayed behind, and there were reportedly no clashes with police.

Back in Manhattan, 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?"

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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Dallas caved as well. A judge ruled the city had the right to restrict access to camping in the park. The city decided yesterday to continue to allow them to stay as long as they adhere to " rules." So as of yesterday they are back in place. The longer this is allowed to continue the greater chance of things going really wrong . Their demands , widely varied as they are, will never be met.
What they fail to understand , just one of many things, is that there exists a mechanism for change already , and it has existed for 235 years. It is called the Vote. Less than 50% of Citizens utilize this right even in the best of times. Some would say it is more of an obligation than a right. The current dissatisfaction is only a reflection of the general public's denial of it's civic responsibility to participate in Government. Government is of the people and by the people , but the majority of people ceded their say and by proxy have let others decide their fate. Now they have suddenly decided things are not to their liking.
Camping in the park or burning NY will not change anything. get a copy of the Constitution and read it a hundred times . Maybe by the 100th time it will give you direction on what the proper course of action should be. If not repeat the former actions as many times as necessary

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