Occupy New Year's Eve - Re-Occupation of Zucotti Park

Occupy Wall Street reclaims Zucotti Park for a few hours spanning midnight, New Year's Eve. Protesters seize the barricades that have surrounded the park since the November 15 eviction and piled them in the center of the park. The Occupiers weatzher a fierce attack by the NYPD, and even while being pepper-sprayed and beaten with barricades, manage to expel cops and Brookfield's private security from the park. The police back down until a large contingent of protesters leave the park in a march uptown that was not part of the event's plan and which may have been instigated by a police infiltrator. Initially promising that they will only take back the barricades and leave the people alone, the cops swarm the park and then kick out everyone. As is typical these days, press receive no special consideration, and we are left to document from a distance the NYPD's considerably less impressive victory.

Taped by Niki Parrox, Atiq Zabinski, and the Occupy Victory Media Tour; edited by Parrox and Zabinski.
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For more spudly coverage of Occupy Wall Street:

Occupy Christmas
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enD4h8au_54

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http://is.gd/occupyourhomes_eny_video1

Occupy Thanksgiving:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaWiyNcEa14&list=PLCDA9D9AF5FA616AB&fe...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChGBAY5fhvU&list=PL07B4705E9474F082&fe...

Zucotti Park Evicted 11-15-11 Rough footage
Barely cut footage from the night the park was evicted without notice. I arrived shortly after the police began demanding everyone leave the park, and left just before the arrests began.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrPotatoHeadNews#p/c/0/aSIJXzWFiZ4

Occupy Brooklyn's March to Evict Corporate Greed
A rarely-seen side of the Occupy movement: no conflicts with police, but an informative walking tour of Downtown Brooklyn's worst sites of corporate-driven development destroying communities. A beautiful example of community-oriented Occupy activism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJKlmHRsMlE&list=PLDBA4468FDF6420D6&fe...

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