"Liberty Plaza" aka Zuccotti Park downtown
So, on the same day that hundreds showed up at Washington Square Park to battle each other with Light Sabers, activists who have set up camp downtown to protest and highlight the inequalities in the U.S. today, particularly in relation to the financial “system,” battled in real life with the NYPD.
Mark Crispin Miller has a piece with video from Saturday (9/24) on his web site which captures the police rough handling mainly females and young kids at 12th Street and University (he wonders “Does Michael Bloomberg wants his cops to kill somebody?” based on the harsh and over-the-top treatment).
Zuccotti Park, a privately owned public park (figure that one out!), has been taken over as home base since September 17th.
See more —
Read Arun Gupta’s piece in The Indypendent: The Revolution Begins at Home: An Open Letter to Join the Wall Street Occupation
New York Times, Videos Show Police Using Pepper Spray at Protest on the Financial System
New York Times, Park Gives Wall St. Protesters Place to Call Home
Photo: PWeiskel08 via Flickr
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