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Still Occupying: Police Occupy Wall Street
What was intended to be an act of civil disobedience turned into a cat-and-mouse chase with police, who prevented protestors from being able to occupy anything.
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Still Occupying: OWS not just a youth movement
By 7:09 a.m. Bill Steyert, 69, had been arrested for blocking traffic.
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Still Occupying: Lack of cohesive message doesn’t stop the OWS movement.
The southernmost tip of Manhattan was transformed into a birthday party of sorts as the People’s Puppets, a theatrical group of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, assembled, donned their party hats, rehearsed a few catchy OWS-themed tunes and marched north into the heart of the financial district.
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Gun buyback event in Bushwick nets 85 weapons
Event was organized in response to the burgeoning number of homicides and gun violence in the Bushwick community.
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Attica prison riot anniversary brings out luminaires who call for its closure
Attica Correctional Facility called “symbolic” of the woes of the nation’s prison system.
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New law to protect sanitation workers from assault
Under the new law anyone who assaults a sanitation worker in New York City will be sentenced from 2 to 7 years in prison.
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Protestors get inside Republican fundraiser and toss bills
Suggested contributions for the fund-raising breakfast were $2,500 per person or $25,000-$50,000 per table of ten, according to the event invitation on the web site
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An OWS contingent protests at Republican fundraiser
“I don’t want Romney to become president, because I’m scared he is going to run America the way he runs his businesses. We are the 99%. We can’t live like that.”
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Thousands pause to remember 9/11 victims
Yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed over 3000 and changed the New York City landscape forever.
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Mixed emotions at 9/11 ceremony
For many 1 World Trade Center is not a welcomed sight.