"Wall Street Protests Spread, Channeling Anger at Corporate, Political Forces" PBS Newshour 10/3/2011
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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): A growing protest movement in the U.S. vowed today to turn up the heat on Wall Street and against other political and corporate forces that they say are fueling inequality. The demonstrations came to a boil over the weekend.
The chants of protesters echoed off Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday in this video taken by New York City police, as members of a group calling itself Occupy Wall Street tried to march across the span. Officers shouted warnings with bullhorns.
MAN: If you refuse to leave this roadway, I am ordering your arrest for disorderly conduct.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Things escalated when some of the marchers crossed into the roadway. And 700 were arrested for obstructing traffic. Protester video posted to YouTube showed police securing the hands of some with plastic ties and escorting them away.
WOMAN: Not once. I was never told that if I walked the roadway that I would be arrested.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Most of those detained had been released by Sunday morning. The previous weekend, police arrested about 100 people in a smaller standoff.
But Sunday's arrests fueled the anger of those camped in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, a site they have dubbed Liberty Square. They say they are there to protest what they see as Wall Street greed, social inequality and a government more responsive to corporate interests than to ordinary Americans.
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