Live Blog: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Battle Against Bloomberg Eviction, 6-7 Arrested in Clash With Police
October 13, 2011 |
Scroll down for a live stream of Occupy Wall Street tweets.
The
brave protesters stationed at Zuccotti Park, renamed Liberty Plaza,
have inspired people across the nation and the world to take a stand
against Wall St. excesses and demand a more equitable economic and
political system for the 99%, not just the 1%. They faced forced
eviction today, under the premise that the park needs to undergo
cleaning. Representatives of Brookfield, the company that owns the
park, sent a letter to police commissioner Ray Kelly asking the NYPD to
remove the protesters, but the protesters promised to stay put. Early
this morning, the city's Deputy Mayor announced
that today's cleanup of Liberty Plaza has been postponed. A victory!
Watch an amazing video of the announcement being made via the People's
Mic right here.
AlterNet
is reporting from the scene. Here are our live updates from the past
several hours. Scroll down to see our tweets from last night through
today.
Update 10: We're
hearing that things are now calm for the most part at Liberty Plaza,
though there's still a heavy (and growing?) police presence.
Update 9: Tweets Jonathan Lemire of the Daily News, ".@MikeBloomberg says Brookfield may still go ahead with cleaning in a couple days. Says would be harder for NYPD to help."
Update 8: According to BreakingNews, 6-7 protesters have been arrested in a "heavy clash" with the police.
Update 7: A photo
emerges of one person being arrested. We're hearing reports of
white-shirt cops and riot police with netting. Some have batons out.
Update 6: Kristen Gwynne says the marchers are heading back to Liberty Plaza now, chanting "We are the 99%." Meanwhile, the NYCLU tweets that some marchers are heading to South Street Seaport, and that there are paddy wagons on the scene.
Update 5: Riot police are reportedly barricading the gates of City Hall.
Update 4: We're hearing a report of "chaos," from the NYCLU: "Really bad scene at bowling green now, cops running, #ows being thrown to ground, chaos ensues." Stay safe, everyone. More: "Lots
of zip ties headed towards broad st. From beaver st." And our Kristen
Gwynne reports that there are police in riot gear at Broadway and
Murray.
Update 3: Now the crowd is gearing up for a peaceful march on Wall Street, which is reportedly heading north on Broadway right now.
Update 2: The crowd is energized, and is continuing to clean. Tweets
Citizen Radio's Allison Kilkenny, "It's just a big party at Liberty
Park right now. Many in disbelief. Hundreds were ready to go to jail."Deputy Update 1: The Deputy Mayor announced
that this morning's cleanup of Liberty Plaza has been postponed. A
victory! Watch an amazing video of the announcement being made via the
People's Mic right here.
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