The number of people occupying Liberty Square has exploded following the announcement of union support, with the NYPD estimating a crowd 5000 people and Fox News setting up a live stream.
Watch Live – “Occupy Wall Street” Protests
Update: Reports are the protestors have now shut down NYPD headquarters.
Now, NYPD police scanners are estimating a crowd up to 5,000 are occupying liberty square in a scene that is now starting to look more like Egypt’s Tahrir square.
In fact the protests have become so large that Fox News has set up a live stream covering the protests. Here are some screen shots from their camera.
Thousands Turn Out To Occupy Wall Street Protests Sept 30
Thousands Turn Out To Occupy Wall Street Protests Sept 30 -2
Thousands Turn Out To Occupy Wall Street Protests Sept 30 -3
I scaled a statue to get you this shot, interweb #occupywalls… on Twitpic
A video showing some of the Fox New coverage.
Update 2:
News sources confirm that approximately 2,000 of the protestors converged and surrounded the NYPD headquarters.
The AFP reports:
Protestors mass outside New York police HQ
NEW YORK — About 2,000 anti-corporate demonstrators marched Friday from a protest camp they have occupied near Wall Street to the headquarters of the New York Police Department.
The noisy but peaceful rally was the largest since anti-Wall Street activists occupied a small park in lower Manhattan two weeks ago to protest corporate bailouts and corporate influence in politics.
“We got sold out!” the crowd chanted as it snaked through rush hour traffic, closely shadowed by columns of police.
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It was the first time the protestors tried marching on New York’s high-tech police headquarters at One Police Plaza, the nerve center of one of the world’s most sophisticated security services.
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At the entrance to the courtyard outside the police building, officers lowered the metal ramp used to control vehicular traffic, and the crowd poured through, cheering.Lines of police stood to protect the headquarters entrance, but the crowd was peaceful and dispersed two hours after starting the march.
Source: AFP
I also came across this page on a The Ventura Count TEA PARTY Website, which has more information and a nice slideshow of protest images.
Occupy Wall Street going Nationwide! Coming to an Area near you! You didn’t see this on MSM News!
Yes those are people and lots of them Liberty Park at Occupy Wall Street in NY
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Source: Ventura County Tea Party
From The Daily Mail:
Manhattan as police gear up for a weekend of mayhem… but is this the start of a middle class uprising?
- More than 1,000 march to New York Police Department headquarters to protest against ‘heavy handed’ response to the demonstration
New York City police are bracing for a weekend of mayhem in lower Manhattan with thousands expected to risk arrest as the Occupy Wall Street protest moves into its third straight week.
More than 1,000 demonstrators speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality took their protest to the New York Police Department (NYPD) headquarters yesterday.
United: Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street campaign sit in the plaza in front of the New York Police Department headquarters on Friday
The Occupy Wall Street protesters camping out in lower Manhattan marched several blocks north yesterday and demonstrated there for about two hours against the police response to the downtown protest, which is in its second week.
Critics have accused officers of being heavy-handed, saying they have roughed up people who did nothing wrong, the NYPD has disputed that claim.
Protesters also say they’re upset about reports from The Associated Press that an NYPD intelligence unit has sought to infiltrate the city’s Muslim community.
The movement, whose members have vowed to stay through the winter, are protesting issues including the 2008 bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment.
And the increasing presence of more affluent-looking demonstrators is fuelling questions over whether this is the moment a frustrated middle America is uniting for a national uprising.
The protest encampment in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan is festooned with placards and anti-Wall Street slogans.
There is a makeshift kitchen and library, and celebrities from filmmaker Michael Moore to actress Susan Sarandon have stopped by to show solidarity.
Grungy youths sleeping on the street, topless women waving signs stating ‘I love this country’, and ageing hippies have won their share of national headlines for their cries of rebellion.
But among these protesters are also men wearing suits and mothers who have driven in from the suburbs.
Julien Harrison, an aspiring teacher, was among the frustrated masses, travelling from Portland, Maine to voice his frustration. Mr Harrison, who said his student debt amounts to $50,000, has only been able to find only manual labour since getting his master’s degree.
He told VOA News: ‘Of course, they’re laying off teachers all over the country,’ he said. ‘It’s getting more and more competitive. I just came from Portland. There’s people with Ph.Ds, masters, undergraduate degrees competing to be a barista at a coffee shop.’
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Source: The Daily Mail