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| Subject: Mass arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:43 am | |
| Paul Browne, NYPD: ''The basic instruction was we accommodate lawful protest and we make arrests when laws are broken''
Several thousand demonstrators have marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge on a day of protest that saw solidarity rallies across the US.
At least 300 people were arrested just in New York, many of them as trouble flared near the stock exchange.
Occupy Wall Street activists started the day by marching through the city's financial district and later rallied at subway stations during rush hour.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said five police officers had been injured.
Thursday's nationwide protests were seen as a test of Occupy Wall Street's momentum, as the grassroots movement against economic equality marked two months since it began.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15784439 |
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