Tracking Occupy Wall Street activity in New York
The latest tweets and photos from the Wall Street occupation
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It was meant to be a showdown this morning, as protesters anticipated police action to clear the park they had been occupying in Lower Manhattan for over a month. The Globe and Mail followed events live on social media.
Follow our coverage below as it happened. For the latest news, please visit: www.theglobeandmail.com
In the mean time, our live page is no longer being updated. Thanks to those who followed our updates this morning!
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by NDHduz via twitter 10/14/2011 12:07:23 PM -
by Chris Boutet via Twitpic 10/14/2011 12:09:38 PM -
Uhh oh. #OccupyWallStreet protests right outside my window. Getting rowdy bc they just arrested someone ....by NeilHaskell via twitter 10/14/2011 12:12:55 PM -
RT @marikatogo: Work IDs are required to walk down Wall Street. Apparently the street is now private. #OccupyWallStreet t.coby jasonpaulin via twitter 10/14/2011 12:16:48 PM -
RT @Newyorkist: Police just arrested five on Beaver St at Broad #occupywallstreetby ahtrinibabe via twitter 10/14/2011 12:16:48 PM -
Good morning, readers. Just to catch you up on what's happened so far, a cleanup was planned this morning for 7 a.m. at the plaza where anti-Wall Street protesters have been camped out for a month.
Roughly 20 minutes before the cleanup was to take place, however, Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said the owners of the private park, Brookfield Office Properties, had put off the cleaning, prompting cheers from the crowd of approximately 700 protesters who had feared they would be evicted.
A confrontation between police and protesters, who had vowed to stay put through civil disobedience, had been feared. Protesters have since started marching towards Wall Street and city hall.
Our main wrap on this developing story: www.theglobeandmail.com
We'll keep you updated on those movements here. -
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This from AP about Toronto-based Brookfield, owners of the public park:
"Brookfield, a publicly traded real estate firm, had planned to power-wash the New York plaza section by section over 12 hours and allow the protesters back - but without much of the equipment they needed to sleep and camp there. The company called the conditions at the park unsanitary and unsafe.
The company's rules, which haven't been enforced, have been this all along: No tarps, no sleeping bags, no storing personal property on the ground. The park is privately owned but is required to be open to the public 24 hours per day." -
RT @AlexBerenson: @felixsalmon @carney For #occupywallst this is a stay, not a commutation. Next time the cops will come at 2 a.m. unannounced. Count on it.by matthewstoller via twitter 10/14/2011 12:43:20 PM -
As a recap, check out this excellent Storify of this morning's events from The Guardian's Matthew Wells: storify.com
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Reaction from protesters speaking to the New York Times about the postponed clean-up of the park...
“I think it is a victory for all of us,” said Ryan Gaffney, 22, of Brooklyn. “We are here in unity working together.”
Steve Sachs, of Hightsown, N.J., said: “I did not come here to look for a fight. I’ve never been in a fight in my life. I’ve never been arrested. But I was ready to be arrested over this.” -
This from Associated Press on whose decision it is to clear protesters out of the park:
"The New York Police Department had said it would make arrests if Brookfield requested it and laws were broken. But the deputy mayor's statement indicated that "for the time being" Brookfield was withdrawing its request for police assistance in cleaning the park.
The company believes it can work out an arrangement with the protesters that 'will ensure the park remains clean, safe, available for public use,' the statement said." -
We're still trying to get a handle of how many arrests there have been this morning in New York City when protesters left the Zuccotti Park and started marching along city streets.
Reuters is reporting "at least seven people were seen being arrested when several hundred people left the park and marched through the downtown financial district." New York Police Department says there have been arrests but will not say how many. -
In New York, mayor Michael Bloomberg is speaking about this morning's Occupy Wall Street developments on his weekly radio show on WOR710. Listen in now: www.wor710.com
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Jonathan Lemire of the New York Daily News city hall bureau (http://twitter.com/#!/NYDNLemire) was live-tweeting during Mayor Bloomberg's radio interview on WOR that wrapped up just minutes ago. Here are the highlights (in text form, since ScribbleLive makes pulling these tweets in incredibly hard):
NYDNLemire Jonathan Lemire
.@MikeBloomberg recounts his walk through Zuccotti Park. Says people offered food, one person offered "more than that." #occupywallstreet
48 minutes ago
NYDNLemire Jonathan Lemire
.@MikeBloomberg says Brookfield may still go ahead with cleaning in a couple days. Says would be harder for NYPD to help. #occupywallstreet
46 minutes ago
NYDNLemire Jonathan Lemire
.@MikeBloomberg says he heard Brookfield received calls from public officials who threatened them if clean-up happened. #occupywallstreet
43 minutes ago
NYDNLemire Jonathan Lemire
"The longer this goes on, the worse it is for our economy," says @MikeBloomberg of #occupywallstreet protests.
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(1/2) WOR caller asks @MikeBloomberg if blame would be "on his head" if there's violence at #occupywallstreet. Mayor says First Amendmentby NYDNLemire via twitter 10/14/2011 1:10:49 PM -
(2/2) protects protestors' right to be there. Denies he is "appeasing" them, says he largely disagrees with message. #occupywallstreetby NYDNLemire via twitter 10/14/2011 1:10:54 PM
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According to AP: Mayor Bloomberg says city notified by Brookfield before midnight that clean-up was going to be postponed. He says the property owner hopes to work out an agreement with the protesters.
The Mayor says: “If they want to take a couple of days ... then they can do that." -
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The Guardian's @adamgabbat has been with a group of protesters marching in NYC this morning. It appears that group he's with is heading back to Zuccotti Park.
Tweet: "Back to the park. They're trying to take the park." Doesn't appear to be any evidence for this but it's got people moving #ows -
Interesting details coming from Mayor Bloomberg during his radio address about any pressure on Toronto-based Brookfield Properties regarding the park clean-up.
Bloomberg says Brookfield has received “lots of calls” from elected officials siding with protesters. The mayor said his own staff was under strict orders not to pressure Brookfield one way or the other. -
While most of the focus is on New York City this morning, hundreds of protesters taking part in Occupy Denver have been moved out of the park being used as a camp to protest against Wall Street.
And speaking of Occupy Wall Street-inspired events, there are protests planned this weekend in several Canadian cities: Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Halifax, according to websites and social media.
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Members of the Occupy Wall St movement react after an announcement that a planned cleaning has been suspended in Zuccotti Park, near the financial district of New York October 14, 2011.
by Affan Chowdhry via Beta.images.theglobeandmail 10/14/2011 1:51:29 PM -
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More details from the New York Times on the marches that took place in NewYork City's financial districts:
"At one point, it appeared that as officers tried to keep the crowd on the sidewalk, a bag of garbage, was hurled from the crowd and hit one officer in plain clothes. That prompted that officer and another to wade into the crowd and apprehend a man.
The crowds marched in roadways, accompanied or pursued by officers on foot or riding scooters.
Near the corner of Beaver Street and Broad Street, officers wearing helmets leaped from scooters, tackled a man to the ground and placed him in handcuffs. At the intersection of William and Wall Streets, officers stood behind metal barricades as protesters filled the street in front of them. Some protesters waved mops and brooms that had been used earlier to clean Zuccotti Park." -
Just a quick re-cap: the 'showdown' between protesters and police at Zuccotti Park in New York City never really materialized because Toronto-based Brookfield Properties, the owner of the park, postponed the scheduled cleanup at 0700 am ET.
Protesters celebrated. Small groups of protesters began marching on various streets in Lower Manhattan. There were scenes of chaos, some clashes between police and protesters, and an unspecified number of arrests.
Mayor Bloomberg, speaking on a morning radio show, said the city was notified by Brookfield before midnight that clean-up was going to be postponed. He said the property owner hopes to work out an agreement with the protesters. -
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An update from Associated Press:
"Police say they've made about 14 arrests after a few hundred protesters left Zuccotti Park and marched to the area around the New York Stock Exchange.
Most of the arrests were in the area of Broadway and Exchange Place.
Police say that includes protesters who sat or stood in the street, obstructing traffic.
They say others turned over trash baskets, knocked over a police scooter and hurled bottles.Charges were pending.
There are barricades and mounted police around the exchange. Protesters milled around aimlessly in the surrounding blocks." -
