Occupy
Wall Street plans to block NYSE
Occupy
Wall Street will mark its first anniversary this September by trying
to blockade the New York Stock Exchange and perhaps carry out
citizen’s arrests of bankers, organizers of the social protest
movement said Thursday.
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August, 2012
Occupy
has seen a steep drop in support since its founding a year ago when
hundreds of people camped in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street to
protest bank bailouts and what they called the ruling “one percent”
of America’s most wealthy.
However,
activists promise a resurgence on the September 17 anniversary, about
six weeks before Americans decide whether to reelect President Barack
Obama or bring in his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
The
highlight of several days of street actions will be a “people’s
wall” at the NYSE, Dana Balicki, a spokeswoman for the group, told
AFP.
“That
will be a pretty substantial act of civil disobedience,” she said.
Protesters will stage a sit-in outside the heavily guarded building
and there are plans to attempt citizen’s arrests of bankers.
“That’s
still on the table. That’s been talked about a lot. They’ve been
planning some citizen’s arrests for some time,” she said.
“There’ll
be a mass of people converging on the Stock Exchange to deliver our
message: that we’re the 99 percent and we’re not going to take
it,” Balicki, 31, said.
Balicki
said Occupy leaders had learned from past mistakes and were ready to
get around any police crackdown.
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Occupy events in New York’s tightly policed financial district have
drawn a huge law enforcement response, often resulting in dozens and
occasionally hundreds of arrests for disorderly behavior.
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