On Mar 18, 8:18 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Scores Arrested as the Police Clear Zuccotti Park
> > By COLIN MOYNIHAN
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> > 1:09 a.m. | Updated Scores of Occupy Wall Street protesters were
> > arrested on Saturday night as police officers swept Zuccotti Park in
> > Lower Manhattan and closed it.
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> > Dozens of demonstrators sat down and locked arms as officers moved in
> > about 11:30 p.m. The protesters chanted "we are not afraid" as the
> > police began pulling people from the crowd, one by one, and leading
> > them out of the park in handcuffs.
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> > The operation occurred after hundreds of people had gathered in the
> > financial district to observe the founding of Occupy Wall Street six
> > months ago. Earlier, protesters had embarked upon a winding march,
> > after which police officers made initial arrests of about a dozen
> > people near the park.
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> > By 11:30 p.m., as police officers massed on Broadway, a commander
> > announced that the park was closed. Those inside shouted back that the
> > park was obliged through an agreement with the city to remain open.
> > The commander then announced that anyone who remained inside would be
> > arrested and charged with trespassing.
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> > After clearing the park, police officers and private security guards
> > began placing a ring of metal barricades on the park's perimeter, as
> > those who had been arrested were placed inside a city bus.
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> > At one point, a woman who appeared to be suffering from seizures
> > flopped on the ground in handcuffs as bystanders shouted for the
> > police to remove the cuffs and provide medical attention. For several
> > minutes the woman lay on the ground as onlookers made increasingly
> > agonized demands until an ambulance arrived and the woman was placed
> > inside.
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> > By 12:20 a.m., a line of officers pushed against some of the remaining
> > protesters, forcing them south on Broadway, at times swinging batons
> > and shoving people to the ground.
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> > Kobi Skolnick, 30, said that officers pushed him in several directions
> > and that as he tried to walk away, he was struck from behind in the
> > neck. "One of the police ran and hit me with a baton," he said.
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> > Earlier that afternoon, as protesters gathered under blue skies while
> > carrying banners and signs, the day was in some ways reminiscent of
> > the first time the Occupy protesters gathered in mid-September. Just
> > after 1 p.m., brandishing placards with messages like "Take back
> > government from corporations," the crowd left Zuccotti Park headed
> > south on Broadway, chanting the now familiar slogan "We are the 99
> > percent."
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> > When the first protesters set foot in the financial district six
> > months ago, few people imagined what would follow, including a
> > two-month encampment in Lower Manhattan, similar camps in cities
> > across the country and critiques of corporate greed becoming part of
> > the national dialogue.
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> > The movement was mainly quiet during the winter, but organizers said
> > they were aiming for a springtime resurgence.
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> > "It's just a reminder that we're here," Brendan Burke said, as the
> > crowd marched past the New York Stock Exchange. "It's an opportunity
> > to remind Wall Street that we aren't going anywhere."
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> > In several respects, Saturday's march was similar to the inaugural
> > one. The crowd was small but spirited and marched past the bronze
> > sculpture of a bull at Bowling Green, which had served as a mustering
> > spot for the first march. Marchers were accompanied by police officers
> > on foot and on scooters who at one point blocked access to Wall
> > Street, just as they did on Sept. 17.
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> > And, as they did that day, the marchers made sudden turns that
> > appeared to surprise the police and walked along Wall Street for at
> > least a brief time.
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> > At one point, several demonstrators stood on the steep steps of
> > Federal Hall and chanted "1-2-3-4, I declare class war."
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> > Later, members of the group ignored orders from the police to remain
> > on sidewalks and flowed onto parts of Exchange Place and Beaver
> > Street. Later, on Broad Street, a deputy inspector turned to a
> > sergeant and said, "We got to start collaring some."
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> > For the next 30 minutes or so, things remained calm as marchers stuck
> > to the sidewalks and entered Zuccotti Park.
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> > But then, just after 2 p.m., police officers began telling a large
> > group of protesters that they could not stand on the sidewalk on a
> > stretch of Liberty Street. Officers pushed the crowd until more than
> > 100 protesters on the sidewalk were pressed against a wall that
> > borders the park.
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> > Then the police began grabbing and arresting people, taking into
> > custody at least half a dozen. Officers surged into the crowd,
> > dragging protesters toward the street, as people yelled objections.
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> > "They were grabbing people randomly," Zachary Kamel said, adding that
> > his girlfriend, Lauren DiGoia, had been arrested while dancing on the
> > sidewalk.
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> > One sergeant grabbed a woman wearing a green shirt by the bottom of
> > her throat and shoved her head against the hood of a car. A moment
> > later, another officer approached and forcefully pressed her head
> > against the car before placing her into the back of a police truck.
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> > Over the next few hours, protesters conducted meetings inside Zuccotti
> > Park and held a dance party fueled by a saxophone and a battery of
> > drums. Sporadic moments of tension also arose.
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> > At one point, the police arrested a handful of protesters on Cedar
> > Street near Trinity Place. A few moments later, near Cedar Street and
> > Broadway, a police captain pushed a man by the shoulders for almost a
> > block, then released him when a crowd loudly demanded to know whether
> > the man was under arrest.
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> > The man, Charlie Gonzalez, 31, said that the captain had told him he
> > was not permitted to stand on the sidewalk.
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> > About an hour later, the same captain pushed another man several
> > hundred feet east down Cedar Street, about a block from Zuccotti Park,
> > and briefly detained him.
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> > That man, Yoni Miller, 19, said he was counting officers standing in
> > rows near Broadway when the captain forced him to walk around a corner
> > onto Cedar Street, then asked him if he was a terrorist or was
> > planning any crimes.
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> > Paul Moore, 25, said that he was videotaping the encounter when the
> > captain asked him for identification and began pushing him away,
> > telling him he was not permitted to document what was happening.
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> > After nightfall, the number of people inside the park swelled to more than
> > 500.
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> > About 10 p.m., some of those in the park began a regimen of running
> > and dancing that they called "spring training," which they said was
> > meant to prepare for coming demonstrations.
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> > At 10:30, protesters sprung up a green tarp, folded over a piece of
> > rope suspended from two trees near the center of Zuccotti Park.
> > Security and police officers looked on from the perimeter.
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> > More:
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> >http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=cdOHbQcFwieSwGnV/swc3pcO+JEZkG...
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> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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