500 arrested after protest on NY's Brooklyn Bridge

AP/WorldMag ^ | Oct 1, 9:27 PM EDT | COLLEEN LONG

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NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City police say about 500 protesters have been arrested after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours.

Police say some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway Saturday night after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway. They face disorderly conduct and other charges. The lane has since reopened.

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are railing against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances.

The group has been camped near the Financial District for two weeks and clashed with police on earlier occasions.

Earlier Saturday, two other marches went over the bridge without problems.

[cripplecreek]

The Brooklyn Bridge tuk ur jahbs!!!

[Mears]

A bunch of losers with too much time on their hands.

As soon as the snow flies they’ll disappear.

[WePledge]

Go on Twitter to #OccupyWallstreet and check out the idiocy chronic bovine scat these morons are spouting.

[quantim]

The real story could have been if a couple of those libtards jumped off the bridge as not to get arrested!

[WePledge]

....idiocy AND chronic......

[Average Al]

"The group has been camped near the Financial District for two weeks"

Where the heck do they do this in NY?

[aimhigh]

It appears to be the Soros army trying to initiate Obama’s long sought after revolution.

[Mears]

They want trouble.

They want violence.

They want arrests.

They want chaos.

Sickos all.

(Of course these are the ones safe at home banging on their keyboards.)

[pepperdog]

Personally I feel it was way past time they be dispersed, police should bring out the fire hoses and flush the area. The idiots think they are the equivalent of the Tea Parties. I still haven't seen anything indicating they had permits etc., and I know the Tea Parties all complied with the law regarding permits, sanitation and gathering places.

[Average Al]

Arrest the scum and put them on a chain gang.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Are these Van Jones’ freeloading commie maggots?

[Mears]

The real story could have been if a couple of those libtards jumped off the bridge as not to get arrested!”

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I agree,as long as the jump was quick or some poor slob cop would be sent up to “rescue” them.

[cripplecreek]

They don’t want to earn anything, they want to take.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Exactly...

[RetiredTexasVet]

I predict flash mobs from these gatherings in the near future with the mobs greedily robbing merchants of life essentials such as big screen TVs, $150 sneakers, jewelery, etc. Justification will be rationalized by the MSM as evening the playing field.