Posted on 11/17/2011 3:07:10 AM PST by M. Thatcher
Today is November 17, the two month anniversary since Occupy Wall Street began. Protestors have declared today to be an International Day of Action, calling for people to "occupy their block," to "shut down Wall Street" starting at 7:00 AM, and to "occupy the subway" starting at 3:00 PM. We have been hearing that protestors, and the NYPD, will be amassing all over the city today, and will be live blogging dispatches from our own Village Voice staff writers Rosie Gray (@_rosiegray) and Nick Pinto (@macfathom), as well as photographer C.S. Muncy (@CSMuncyPhoto), who are on the scene through out lower Manhattan.
5:15 AM: From the anchor desk here in downtown Brooklyn, we hear a helicopter that sounds like it is heading towards Manhattan. Nick sends two pictures: this one appears to be on an NYPD roll call, just north of the Wall Street bull:
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Smaller crowd kettled near NYSE and getting ugly...
Gathering @Pine & William.
Of course they are revolting, They're liberals!
And they’d never allow a victory mosque to be built at the site of the 9/11 attacks.
Nothing NYC does surprises me anymore.
Skipping around to all the live feeds and this appears to be an epic fail. Crowds are small and disorganized. Fox said the cops out numbered the protesters for the most part.
Line at Starbucks full of protestors! lol
Nassau & Pine Street.
Speaking of 9/11, is the city still refusing to give St. Nicholas a permit to rebuild, anyone know?
Protesters now sitting in the street.
Chilean communist slogans now. ‘El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido.’ Sandinista turba tactics. TIE THIS RIGHT TO OBAMA’S ASS, Herman Cain make the TV ADS NOW targeting the silent majority in the GOP base on this street anarchy... NYPD God Bless You. Ready the pepper spray, guys. They think they can some how storm police barricades and attack NYSE.
They’re going in circles, trying to get through to Wall Street, only coming across barricades.
Protesters w/ “shields” trying to prevent people from walking by.
For those that can’t get video feed- http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park_The_NYPDs_raid_on_Occupy_Wall_Street_NYC
From the bird’s eye stream I watched, if you discount the police and the media there looks to only be about maybe 50 actual protesters there....what a joke. What happened to the tens of thousands of people that were supposed to show up???
Watching them encounter the barricades, circle in disarray and scream makes me think of toddlers trying to escape a playpen. LOL They should have stopped when they were ahead, this is pathetic.
They're probably not awake yet. This thing was doomed as soon as they decided to start it at 0700.
"Well, of course they are revolting!"
Beaver & Broad group gone ugly. They’re losing their cool as opening bell approaches and they can’t stop it. Police engagement.
One regular person knocked down. Arresting going on...
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