You cannot evict an idea, nor can you evict the momentum of a movement whose time has come.
Today, on November 17, this truth began marching at 7 in the morning, virtually shutting down Wall Street. And this truth marched to Zuccotti Park, where police were waiting. It marched to Foley Square, and across the Brooklyn Bridge, and into the history books.
Police scanners reported 32,650 protesters on the ground at its peak. Here are the faces of a few who made history today, as well as of a few who tried to contain it...
Photo by C.S. Muncy.
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Photo by jonahbloom.
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Photo by Mary Altaffer.
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Photo by Marcus Yam.
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Photo by Jefferson Siegel.
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Photo by Mary Altaffer.
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Retired Philadelphia police captain, Ray Lewis, like hundreds today, was...
...arrested:
Photo by Kevin Hagan.
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Photo by Scott Eells.
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Photo by C.S. Muncy.
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Photo by C.S. Muncy.
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Photo by C.S. Muncy.
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Photo by Lucy Kafanov.
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Author's Note: Here is video of protesters chanting the mantra from which the title for this post was taken – Bloomberg! Beware! Zuccotti Park is Everywhere! –