Be sure to follow the Occupy Wall Street tag at Daily Kos for 50 blog posts on Occupy events today alone.
Here's what happening at Occupy Wall Street:
- Brooklyn Bridge occupied. Protesters marched to the Brooklyn Bridge, occupied car lanes and shut down all traffic:
- Mass police arrests in response. Police made, and are continuing to make, mass arrests on the bridge in response to this occupation. One of the arrests appears to have been of an underage girl. From the Gothamist:
Update 4:26 p.m.: Police have no arrived on the scene and have started arresting protesters en masse [...]
Update 4:40 p.m.: Protesters are chanting "Let us go" as police seem to be going around arresting people at random. Police could be seen arresting a very young looking girl (15-17 from what we can tell), and people are screaming that they are arresting a "little girl" for no reason.
Here's a screencap. The girl in question is in the yellow hat:
- New York Times reporter arrested: Journalist Natasha Lennard was arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street for the New York Times:
- Solidarity rallies, arrests, in other cities. The occupy protests are spreading to many other cities, such as Boston:
24 Arrested As Protesters Pack Financial District
A group called Occupy Boston took over Dewey Square in Boston Friday night holding a 60s-style sit in.
"It doesn’t look like the politicians are serving the people any more," said John, a protestor who would only give his first name. "They’re serving people with money."
This is part of nationwide movement that began with a large protest last week on Wall Street.
"We're talking about government reform. We’re talking about finance reform," said Nadeem Mazen, from Occupy Boston. "And we’re opening up a national dialogue as part of a really big issue that’s on so many people’s minds."
A few blocks away a group called Take Back Boston lead hundreds of people marching from Boston Common to the Financial District.
At 100 Federal Street the protesters gathered at both entrances to the Bank of America building shouting "We got sold out." The crowd included dozens of families facing foreclosure.
Occupy Wall Street confirmed to Daily Kos on Thursday that there will be at least 26 solidarity events in the United States by Wednesday. Check out Occupy Together for more information.
- JP Morgan to NYPD Foundation was made months ago: A lot of people are talking about this, so it should be noted that the $4.6 million donation JP Morgan made to the New York Police Department Foundation was made several months ago, before the protests were even planned.
You can find an unreliable live stream of Occupy Wall Street here. This is an open thread on Occupy Wall Street.