- Andy Haynes
- They chanted: “Whose bridge? Our bridge!”
Via text:
Looks like shit is about to go down. A march is starting. They’re telling us what to do when we get arrested. Lots of cops. (3:15 p.m.)
Charlie Rangel was booed / almost beaten off the stage. Then they gave him the “hey hey na na nas.” They yelled: “He’s one of the one percent!” Then a red headed man tried to rush him. (3:51 p.m.)
Currently heading to what looks like the Brooklyn Bridge, but maybe City Hall? (3:52 p.m.)
I don’t know why, but now we’re headed to Brooklyn, over the bridge. (3:58 p.m.)
- Andy Haynes
- Protesters were arrested one by one.
Now they’re on the car part of the bridge. (4:05 p.m.)
Marchers chanting, “Whose bridge? Our bridge!” Looks like about 5,000 to 10,000 people. (4:13 p.m.)
The cops have stopped marchers on roadway. Looks like it’s getting violent, at least on the cop side. They’re dragging protesters from the larger group one by one. (4:23 p.m.)
It’s only some of the marchers who are on the roadway, maybe several hundred. They’ve been cut off and trapped by the cops and are being arrested one at a time and put in vans. (4:41 p.m.)
- Andy Haynes
At the far end of the Brooklyn Bridge now. (On the Brooklyn side.) Watching city buses go back across it to pick up protesters. (5:14 p.m.)
@40 It seems to me that offering specific solutions is beside the point. Like you said, they want federal, legislative changes that bring a halt to corporate and Wall St corruption, and that do SOMETHING about the diminishing middle class. That much is so obvious it doesn’t need to be said. It’s not our job to offer solutions. It’s our job to hold our representatives accountable. Personally, I hope this movement holds its ground and grows.
@11 Thank you. That was driving me crazy, too. Props to the Stranger staff for fixing their grammatical errors.
To everyone saying they would join or support – if only there was a message! Remember how the teabaggers were ridiculed for being grammar and message- challenged loonies? And yet by persevering, they allowed republican wins in 2010 that significantly altered the political landscape. Remember that? Just because you don’t see a nice, tidy package of ready-to-go solutions right now does not mean this is futile. Not by a long shot.
There’s an interesting piece in the NY Times today by Nicholas Kristof that gives the protesters some advice for what their demands should be:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/opinio…
The central message is somewhat diluted because what is being fought against is somewhat diluted. The problems are so systemic and so varied there is no one theme that can really emerge other that this: http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/
On my way downtown to engage in some open source democracy.
Kristof’s article summarized: They should ask for some small amount of regulation of Wall Street. They should not oppose the system as a whole.
At least he managed to say it with out the usual condescension.