Occupy Wall Street - Oct 1, 2011 - Cop Block continues on Brooklyn Bridge (part 3 of 3)

This video is footage from the #OccupyWallStreet planned 3pm Saturday, Oct 1st 2011 march from Liberty Park to Brooklyn Bridge park.

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This is a marchers' perspective from the pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge as police block the protesters who followed police officers onto the Brooklyn-bound traffic side of the bridge. Many other protesters, including myself, walked onto the pedestrian walkway and then stood by to support them as the cops pushed and shoved the peaceful protesters back and began cherry-picking people to arrest. Eventually they came from both sides (Brooklyn and Manhattan sides) of the bridge, blocking anyone from getting out (leaving). Some resorted to climbing the bridge up to the pedestrian walkway to avoid arrest, while the rest of the crowd mic-checked and organized to sit down and hold their ground.

An ever-changing, but okay ("meh.") coverage of what happened between police and protesters by the NYTimes:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/police-arresting-protesters-on-b...
To set the record straight - I went on the walkway, but I was even confused about which path to take initially. Police did not tell us where we could/could not go - a fellow organizer told my friends and I to "go this way [the walkway] if you don't want to risk arrest." Many did not have the benefit of hearing this organizer make this announcement...

Also, here is a link to a video recording the police LEADING the front of the march onto the bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fockzr7rXys

Here is a great blog article about how the "freedom to assemble" is greatly limited. The 99% remarkably make do with what little freedom they actually have...
http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/731-michael-sorkin-amp-occupy-wall-street-lib...

UPDATE:
Brooklyn Bridge Occupy Wall Street protesters sue NYC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/wall-street-protesters-sue-new-york-ci...

Watch part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt79mzhuSLI

and part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYJqFPVcXA

WE ARE THE 99%!
Thanks for your support!!!

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[thehup21]

How nice more protesters blocking traffic... just great

[thisheartisfluid]

@thehup21 the cops deliberately deceived the protesters into the street. there were SO many cops and not ONE told me to move off the street. i moved to the walkway only after a protest organizer suggested it.

[jmacri]

@thisheartisfluid how did this bridge protest end? Did the cops leave?

[thisheartisfluid]

@jmacri the cops arrested about 700 of these people on the bridge. the brooklyn bridge was shut down until about 8:30pm during this time. they brought in buses to bus the arrested people out to precincts across the city. the rest of the protesters who didn't take the street walked the walkway to Brooklyn or back to Manhattan. the cops cleared once the arrested protesters were taken away.

[pchristopherful]

@thisheartisfluid: Occupy Los Angeles just started their occupation of City Hall today!

[MyCosmicPath]

@MrOTLChamp as i said idiot GET FUCKING USED TO IT

[MrOTLChamp]

All you protesters are morons. You are all puppets at best. You idiots are protesting against wall street and the banks about bail-out money? Dumbasses, Who in the hell do you morons think gave them the money? The Damn government stupids! Most of the banks even were refusing taking any money, but the government forced them to take it. Most has already been paid back by the banks. Try protesting government, like the obviously smarter Tea Party group.

[MyCosmicPath]

@thehup21 Get used to it :)

[ohkeepa2012]

Occupy Cleveland 10-6-11 !!!

[mark35098]

Canada is watching we are no better off here WAKE THE FUCK UP! Canada

[Jeffreypearson252]

That cop who had his cap taken off earlier looks dazed and confused @ :27 lol.

[jmacri]

@thisheartisfluid They arrested all those people!? ... Holy shit! I'm so curious to whats going on there. I live in California, so I am not able to be there to support in person. How involved are you with these protests? Can you keep me posted?