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    October 01, 2011

Hundreds Of Anti-Wall Street Protestors Arrested in New York

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   A police officer addresses a large group of protesters affiliated with
   the Occupy Wall Street movement who attempted to cross the Brooklyn
   Bridge
   Photo: AP/Will Stevens
   A police officer with a bullhorn addresses a large group of protesters
   affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement who attempted to cross
   the Brooklyn Bridge, effectively shutting parts of the roadway down,
   Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 in New York.

   Several hundred anti-Wall Street protestors were arrested Saturday
   evening as they attempted to march across the Brooklyn Bridge.
   The "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators forced the temporary closure of
   the bridge as they rallied against what they said was corporate greed,
   social inequality and other issues.
   New York police said they arrested some of the protestors when they
   broke off from the bridge's pedestrian lane and onto the roadway,
   blocking traffic.
   The Brooklyn Bridge was shut down for several hours but has since
   reopened.
   The "Occupy Wall Street" website describes the protest as a "leaderless
   movement," and members have been camped out near New York City's
   Financial District for the past two weeks.
   In Boston, a similar "Take Back Boston" march rallied against the
   city's Bank of America's offices and more than 20 protestors were
   arrested.

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