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Judge issues restraining order against Zuccotti Park evictions
After ordering the eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday explained that the park would temporarily remain closed due to a court order that restrained the city from closing the park. A ruling issued by Judge Lucy Billings in the hours after the…
Watch: NYPD’s early morning raid on ‘Occupy Wall St.’
Video has emerged of New York City police preparing their raid, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg said was necessary to protect protesters, into Zuccotti Park to crackdown early Tuesday morning on ‘Occupy Wall Street’s’ sleeping bags and tents. Police reportedly came at around 1 AM and cordoned off the park, ordering…
‘Occupy’ protesters hope to shut down Wall Street with street carnival
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign against economic inequality. Protest organizers acknowledged that the “day of action” they have planned could be the group’s most provocative most yet, and could…
Security comes under scrutiny at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest
NEW YORK — After a sexual assault at the crowded tent camp set up by Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York, security issues are starting to overshadow the more idealistic concerns of the activists. Ironically, the intense police presence deployed to keep the protestors under control does not extend…
Occupy Wall Street beset by rumors of police crackdown
By Sebastian Smith NEW YORK — Fears of a possible police crackdown spread Friday through New York’s Occupy Wall Street camp in the wake of violent clashes between police and protesters in California. The camp that popped up in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park seven weeks ago, inspiring similar anti-Wall Street demonstrations…
Mayor Bloomberg: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ anger is misplaced
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg repeated a common Republican talking point on Tuesday, claiming the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters should be upset with the government rather than with Wall Street. “I hear your complaints,” he said at an Association for a Better New York breakfast meeting. “Some of them…
Eight New York policemen charged in gun smuggling ring
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight New York City policemen were charged on Tuesday with helping run a gun-smuggling ring in a city whose mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is leading a national campaign against illegal guns. The men were accused of exploiting their experience and credentials to take part in schemes to…
Anti-Wall St. protesters march with Verizon workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anti-Wall Street protesters joined Verizon Communications workers on Friday in a march to denounce corporate greed as the company and 45,000 employees negotiate a new labor contract. The march by about 500 people to a Verizon store in Lower Manhattan coincided with the top U.S. mobile…
SNL spoofs Mike Bloomberg’s Occupy Wall Street feelings
With New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s well known frustration of Occupy Wall Street, Saturday Night Live decided that a parody of the billionaire’s feelings of the movement was due. “I like to apologize for all the Hurricane Irene hysteria this summer, but since you were such b—hes about the…
NYC ‘Occupy Wall Street’ clean-up postponed, protesters ready for standoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Officials on Friday postponed a planned clean-up of the downtown Manhattan park where anti-Wall Street protesters have set up camp that raised concerns of a possible showdown with authorities. Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said the private owner of Zuccotti Park, Brookfield Office Properties, decided late on…
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