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8:38 PMJonathan LemireStatement from NYPD
At about 8PM a large disorderly group at 46th St near 6th was given at least three separate warnings to disperse and when they did not 42 arrests were made.
At about 6:15 pm today there were three arrests at W 46th St and 7th Ave of individuals trying to take down police barriers. As arrests were made, a few began chanting "fight back" but most did not take up the cry. Some who tried to pull down barriers would run to the back of the crowd to avoid arrest, and also push the crowd from the back to confront police. They started counting down and pushing others in front against police and barriers
At about 4:40 pm five wearing masks were arrested at 27th St and 6th Ave.
After an orderly procession of hundreds of protesters from Zuccotti Park to Washington Square Park beginning at 11 a.m., a smaller group left Washington Square and entered a branch of Citibank at nearby LaGuardia Place. There at approximately 2:40 p.m., 24 were arrested for criminal trespass, one of them additionally for resisting arrest. They had refused the bank manager’s request to leave. Two were charged additionally with resisting arrest.
It appears that dozens of protesters are being arrested and loaded into vans on 46th St.
8:00
Police offers are arresting protesters on the corner of 46th and 6th while onlookers boo and chant: "the whole world is watching!"
7:56
A man who identified himself as "Jonathan" was just tackled to the ground by
police, arrested and loaded into a police van.
More people are now being arrested and loaded up.
7:42 PMClare Trapasso
Cops are pushing and shoving protesters who won't follow orders and move
down 46th st.
Polic are forming a line with barons and telling protesters the street is
closed to move.
Protesters are chanting "whose streets? Our streets." Many don't want to
move.
Police are saying someone is going to get hurt if 46th st. isn't cleared.
NYPD officers are moving the metal barricades back, creating more room for vehicular traffic, and less for protesters, on 7th Ave. at W. 45th St.
the crowd is keeping their spirits up chanting: "We are the 99%!" ...and "N-Y-P-D! You belong here with me!"
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