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700 Protesters of Occupy wall street movement Arrested by NYPD

| October 2, 2011 | 3 Comments

700 Protesters of Occupy wall street movement Arrested by NYPD 700 Protesters of Occupy wall street movement Arrested by NYPD

By. Jamal Hammadi

New York-More than 700 people were arrested over the Brooklyn Bridge, New York while protesting the anti-Wall Street, Saturday (1 / 10) or Sunday afternoon local time (2 / 10) morning pm.

A group calling itself “occupy Wall Street” or have a protest two weeks ago by occupying parts of Manhattan square and camping at Zuccotti Park, New York. They were protesting the alleged financial industrialization has caused the financial and economy crisis in the U.S.

For two weeks occupy square Manhattan, the number of protesters growing into the thousands. They do the long march across the East River to use the Brooklyn bridge to Brooklyn park. They are planning a protest in the park.

However, in the middle of the bridge, the protesters got a barriers from the police of New York. Due to the large numbers, the protesters blocking the road vehicle is considered a wish through the Brooklyn Bridge. So, the police urging them to remain on the sidewalk and arrested the demonstrators because they still remain stubbornly in the middle of the road.

“More than 700 people were arrested after a warning from police to stay on the sidewalk. If they are by road, they would be arrested. Some obey police orders, but most denied and should be arrested, given a warning and released again,” said New York police spokesman  as reported by Reuters on Sunday (2 / 10).

The demonstrators also protested the government’s attitude is still unfair to minorities, including Muslims, they were protesting high unemployment and a bailout of Wall Street companies by the government in 2008.

 

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  1. Deana Eld says:

    I wonder if Occupy Wall Street protesters will still remain camping when it gets cold? :)

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