Tag: Occupy Wall St
By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Sat Oct 01, 2011 at 08:51:53 PM EST
Tags: Occupy Wall St (all tags)
Posted on Sat Oct 01, 2011 at 08:51:53 PM EST
Tags: Occupy Wall St (all tags)
Police arrested 500 protesters participating in Occupy Wall St. at the Brooklyn Bridge today. The NY Times reports many felt they were tricked.
Protesters who used the Brooklyn Bridge walkway were not arrested,” said the head police spokesman, Paul J. Browne. “Those who took over the Brooklyn-bound roadway, and impeded vehicle traffic, were arrested.”
But many protesters said that they thought the police had tricked and trapped them, allowing them onto the bridge and even escorting them across, only to surround them in orange netting after hundreds of them had entered.
Earlier in the afternoon, 10 buses from the Department of Corrections at Rikers Island were dispatched to the site.
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