Protests against Wall Street spread in the united states Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from La to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger within the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate avarice.
In Manhattan, hundreds of protesters dressed as corporate zombies in white face paint lurched after dark New York Stock Exchange clutching fistfuls of fake cash. In Chicago, demonstrators pounded drums in the city's monetary district. Others pitched tents or waved protest signs from passing cars in Boston, St. Louis and Kansas Town, Missouri.
The arrests of 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge within the weekend galvanized a slice of discontented America, from college students worried about their job prospects to middle-age workers who've been recently laid off.
Some protesters likened themselves to the tea party movement - but having a liberal bent - or to the Arab Spring demonstrators who brought down their rulers in the centre East.
``I've felt this way for a long period. I've really just kind of been waiting for a movement in the future along that I thought would last and have some resonation inside the community, '' said Steven Harris, a laid-off truck car owner in Kansas City.
Harris and about 20 other people were camped out in a park next door from the Kansas City Federal Reserve building, their website strewn with sleeping bags, clothes and handmade signs. A few passing drivers honked in support.
The Occupy Wall Road protests started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents while watching New York Stock Exchange. Since then, hundreds have setup camp in a park nearby and have become progressively organized, lining up medical aid and legal help and printing their very own newspaper, the Occupied Wall Street Journal.
About 100 demonstrators had been arrested on Sept. 24 and some were pepper-sprayed. On Saturday police arrested 700 on charges of disorderly conduct and blocking a public street because they tried to march over the Brooklyn Bridge. Police stated they took five more protesters into custody on Mon, though it was unclear whether they had been billed with any crime.
Wiljago Cook, of Oakland, California, who joined the brand new York protest on the first day, said she was shocked through the arrests.
``Exposing police brutality wasn't even really on my personal agenda, but my eyes have been opened, '' your woman said. She vowed to stay in New York ``as long since it seems useful. ''
City bus drivers sued the New York Police Division on Monday for commandeering their buses and making them drive to the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday to get detained protesters.
``We're down with these protesters. We support the idea that rich folk are not paying their fair reveal, '' said Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen. ``Our bus operators will not be pressed into service to arrest protesters anywhere. ''.
In Manhattan, hundreds of protesters dressed as corporate zombies in white face paint lurched after dark New York Stock Exchange clutching fistfuls of fake cash. In Chicago, demonstrators pounded drums in the city's monetary district. Others pitched tents or waved protest signs from passing cars in Boston, St. Louis and Kansas Town, Missouri.
The arrests of 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge within the weekend galvanized a slice of discontented America, from college students worried about their job prospects to middle-age workers who've been recently laid off.
Some protesters likened themselves to the tea party movement - but having a liberal bent - or to the Arab Spring demonstrators who brought down their rulers in the centre East.
``I've felt this way for a long period. I've really just kind of been waiting for a movement in the future along that I thought would last and have some resonation inside the community, '' said Steven Harris, a laid-off truck car owner in Kansas City.
Harris and about 20 other people were camped out in a park next door from the Kansas City Federal Reserve building, their website strewn with sleeping bags, clothes and handmade signs. A few passing drivers honked in support.
The Occupy Wall Road protests started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents while watching New York Stock Exchange. Since then, hundreds have setup camp in a park nearby and have become progressively organized, lining up medical aid and legal help and printing their very own newspaper, the Occupied Wall Street Journal.
About 100 demonstrators had been arrested on Sept. 24 and some were pepper-sprayed. On Saturday police arrested 700 on charges of disorderly conduct and blocking a public street because they tried to march over the Brooklyn Bridge. Police stated they took five more protesters into custody on Mon, though it was unclear whether they had been billed with any crime.
Wiljago Cook, of Oakland, California, who joined the brand new York protest on the first day, said she was shocked through the arrests.
``Exposing police brutality wasn't even really on my personal agenda, but my eyes have been opened, '' your woman said. She vowed to stay in New York ``as long since it seems useful. ''
City bus drivers sued the New York Police Division on Monday for commandeering their buses and making them drive to the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday to get detained protesters.
``We're down with these protesters. We support the idea that rich folk are not paying their fair reveal, '' said Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen. ``Our bus operators will not be pressed into service to arrest protesters anywhere. ''.
Source : India Times