protesters out of their encampment spot at zuccotti park in lower manhattan. law enforcement destroyed tents and cleared out the encampment. following that crackdown, today was a day of action in new york city that s bigger than anything else occupy wall street has done. protesters staged a sit-in again at the brooklyn bridge. here s what you just saw there was them projecting 99% onto buildings in downtown manhattan. they clashed with police at zuccotti park, the base camp of occupy wall street, where police had executed mayor bloomberg s eviction orders earlier this week. there were reports of violence from lower manhattan today. one police officer reportedly suffered a laceration on his hand after someone threw something that was made of glass at him. there were disturbing images today of a bloodied protester, reportedly bloodied by police at zuccotti park. the new york times reporting this evening that more than 200 people were arrested in new york city today. five people charged
occupy wall street movement, this leaderless, insistent, apparently resilient movement, the emphasis on public investment is now part of a larger conversation about reconfiguring our economy and our political system so it might serve people beyond just the richest americans. it was a key moment for the nationwide occupy wall street movement overall when protesters attempted to march across the brooklyn bridge for the first time last month. 700 people were arrested that day. 700. those arrests did not slow down the very young movement at that point. they in fact seemed to accelerate it. police action against these demonstrations broadly speaking does appear to be fortifying the protesters resolved over these last six weeks. monday night into tuesday morning of this week new york city mayor michael bloomberg ordered the occupy wall street protesters out of their encampment spot at zuccotti park in lower manhattan. law enforcement destroyed tents and cleared out the encampment.
investment is now part of a larger conversation about reconfiguring our economy and our political system so it might serve people beyond just the richest americans. it was a key moment for the nationwide occupy wall street movement overall when protesters attempted to march across the brooklyn bridge for the first time last month. 700 people were arrested that day. 700. those arrests did not slow down the very young movement at that point. they in fact seemed to accelerate it. police action against these demonstrations broadly speaking does appear to be fortifying the protesters resolved over these last six weeks. monday night into tuesday morning of this week new york city mayor michael bloomberg ordered the occupy wall street protesters out of their encampment spot at zuccotti park in lower manhattan. law enforcement destroyed tents and cleared out the encampment. following that crackdown, today was a day of action in new york city that s bigger than anything else occupy wall street