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More than 300 people associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in Zuccotti Park on Saturday and, in a return to scenes from earlier in the year, held a general assembly meeting, chanted the now familiar slogan We are the 99 percent and experienced a bit of friction with security guards.
At about 7 p.m. on New Years Eve, about 100 people started flowing into the park, according to witnesses, and someone erected what was described as a small tent built for a child. Two young girls, who were at the park with their mother, began playing inside.
Though the New York City Police Department had officers fanned out throughout the city for the holiday, there were police officers lined up across the street from Zuccotti Park, at the ready alongside private security guards. They stepped in.
Police officers and security guards instructed protesters to remove the tent, saying it violated rules issued by the parks owner, Brookfield Properties, banning tents, tarps and other structures inside the square. Meanwhile, a police officer and a security guard, who declined to identify themselves, tried to block other protesters, and at least one reporter, from entering the park. Some people disregarded their instructions and squeezed their bodies through the spaces between metal barricades.
Read more: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/protesters-surge-back-into-zuccotti-park/
Renew Deal
(81,858 posts)They have left the park and are marching
http://www.ustream.tv/timcast
Xicano
(2,812 posts)Your link shows the marchers. This link is from the park:
http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc
Xicano
(2,812 posts)And happy new year...
DeathToTheOil
(1,124 posts)Mosaic
(1,451 posts)Forever we will be! Happy New year!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I wonder if OWS paid the back taxes would they own the Park? I don't think they'd have a problem getting donations for that.