Following live feed and twitter, I reported on yesterday's events as they unfolded, here. The following is a recap as well as events or matters that occurred late in the evening.
Despite massive crowds and widespread support from labor and community organizations, the big news at Occupation Wall Street was once again police violence. According to multiple, contemporaneous twitter reports, large groups of protesters attempted to breach police barricades to go onto Wall Street. The police maced many protesters and well ... here's the video:
There were several claims that the police had plants (agitators?) in the crowd. At approximately 8:15 (EST), journalist Laurie Penny (PennyRed) reported as follows via twitter:
Couple of 'protesters' with badges move out of the back of the crowd and join the police.
I have tweeted Ms. Laurie requesting denial or confirmation, but she has not responded. There were widespread reports of "planted" police officers, but no confirmation.
By approximately 9:30 EST, #OccupyWallStNYC confirmed 18 arrests. Among the arrested was this armless man:
And this gentleman who wrote the word LOVE on the sidewalk with chalk (which apparently is a crime in NYC):
When the arrested are taken away, the crowd asks their names so they can be located. Ryan Devereaux reported that one woman, with "total[] poise" said:
Troy Davis, Medgar Evers, Emmett Till, Martin Luther King.
I will be live blogging Day 20 here.