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Scores
arrested as 'Occupy Wall Street' protests swell across America
Saturday October 15, 2011 01:00:53 PM,
Arun Kumar,
IANS
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Washington/New York: Scores of protesters against corporate greed were arrested as the
"Occupy Wall Street movement" movement swelled across America
leaving police struggling to corral or remove demonstrators from
downtown parks and plazas.
iReporters posted Photos and video from "occupy" protests Friday
across several American cities including Denver, Seattle, San
Diego and New York, while similar demonstrations were scheduled to
take place in Washington, Orlando and Atlanta.
In Denver, authorities said 24 people were arrested. In Seattle,
police in riot gear rounded up and arrested 41 demonstrators who
gathered in a city park and in New York 14 demonstrators were
arrested after they sat in roadways to block traffic, overturned
trash bins, knocked over a police scooter and hurled bottles.
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons called the protests "inspirational."
"People want this country to be better," he told CNN. "They want
the money out of Washington." He said he believes the US
government remains largely controlled by corporations.
Meanwhile, Brookfield Office Properties, the real estate firm that
owns Zuccotti Park, considered a home base for Manhattan
protesters, decided not to try to clean up the park, as it had
announced, after the company was "inundated" with threatening
calls from elected city officials.
The clean-up cancellation averted a major showdown between
authorities and demonstrators, who appeared heartened by news.
"All day! All week! Occupy Wall Street," the group chanted,
calling the development a victory of passive resistance, CNN
reported.
Originally called for by the Canadian activist group Adbusters,
the Occupy Wall Street participants are mainly protesting against
social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence
of corporate money and lobbyists on government.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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