Occupy Wall Street Protests Rock New York City

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http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Protests_Rock_New_York_City

The 99 Percent have faced pepper spray and mass arrests since they brought their message to New York City on September 17th - and they're not backing off.

Anti-Wall Street protesters have hunkered down in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park - and Wednesday may be their biggest day ever, with organized labor coming out in droves to support them. Tens of thousands of transit and city workers, teachers, and maintenance and hospital workers expected to march to Zuccotti Park late today in a show of solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street activists this afternoon.

Join us on this page for live updates from our reporters on the scene.


11:32 PMAnjali Mullany


11:23 PMAnjali Mullany


video at link

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. K&R!

[PETRUS]

2. Kick!

But not a human being, for goodness sake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Anybody old enough to remember the 1968 Democratic Convention?

And the police riot? Hope it doesn't come to that.

[RagAss]

4. Something tells me this will end up making 68 look like a church bingo !

[Renew Deal]

5. The city really isn't on edge

And protesters have remained mostly peaceful. The cops aren't wearing riot gear which is symbolic. I don't know where this will end up, but it has remained mostly peaceful so far.

[frazzled]

8. You've got to be kidding me

You've obviously never seen what went on there when 7,500 National Guard and 12,000 Chicago cops went after protesters with tear gas that spread so far it hit Hubert Humphrey's hotel room and beat protesters over the heads with billy clubs till they bled. "The Whole World Is Watching" was more than a slogan. Chicago 68 makes OWS New York look like kindergarten.

Video of police and National Guard in front of the Hilton at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_9OJnRnZjU&feature=related

[RagAss]

11. I agree...OWS right now is kindergarten next to 68......but IMHO it hasn't even started yet.

[Mz Pip]

6. I was there

and to this day I am amazed that no one was killed. It could have been a whole lot worse.

[bigwillq]

7. K and R (nt)

[Oceansaway]

9. K&R...n/t

[provis99]

10. WTF is up with the laughing bald guy in the expensive suit?

Is he some Wall Street pig come to laugh at the protesters? Is he having the cops do his bidding?