Many cities leaving Wall Street protesters alone

[Liberal_in_LA]

Many cities leaving Wall Street protesters alone

NEW YORK (AP) — While more U.S. cities are resorting to force to break up the Wall Street protests, many others — Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., among them — are content to let the demonstrations go on for now.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, for example, said Friday that the several hundred protesters sleeping in Zuccotti Park, the unofficial headquarters of the movement that began in mid-September, can stay as long as they obey the law.

"I can't talk about other cities," he said. "Our responsibilities are protect your rights and your safety. And I think we're trying to do that. We're trying to act responsibly and safely."

Still, the city made life a lot harder for the demonstrators: Fire inspectors seized a dozen cans of gasoline and six generators that powered lights, cooking equipment and laptops, saying they were safety hazards.


http://www.chron.com/news/article/Many-cities-leaving-Wall-Street-protesters-alone-2241549.php#photo-1707435

[applegrove]

1. I think the OWS people themselves have done a great job of keeping the peace.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. We can thank smartphones and YouTube

The Predator Class cannot do their dirty work upon protesters in secret anymore.

[gateley]

4. +1 nt

[Earth_First]

3. occupyrochester being arrested now

one at a time.

9 so far, 30 more or so to go.

[rsmith6621]

5. Tacoma Two weeks Tomorrow

...no issues except the homeless that were in the park,they are gone now.

[dogknob]

6. They're trying to appear reasonable while waiting for winter to set in.

[Modern_Matthew]

7. If this started in the middle of July, we would have had a martyr already. nt

[cliffordu]

8. Uh, we actually do -

just google oakland and Scott.