This is like a trip down memory lane. (Well, if Memory Lane happens to be lined with cop cars covered in feces anyway.) Remember when Occupy Wall Street was The Next Big Thing? And how it was going to rise up to be the counterweight to the Tea Party… an unstoppable force being promoted 24/7 by MSNBC and CNN? Ah, good times.
But then things seemed to fall apart, particularly in the Northeast and the Midwest, because … well, it gets cold in the winter. What’s an anarchist to do? But they promised to be back in the spring with fresh financing, a new plan and ground breaking activism. But… that never really happened either.
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But don’t give up hope! What better time to recharge the batteries than on your one year anniversary? And to kick things off, how about a nice commemorative march in the city that started it all?
Police patrolled the crowd Saturday and took at least a dozen people into custody near Trinity Church that borders Zuccotti Park. Police confirmed they made arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct, but they did not have a total number.
Protesters marched from Washington Square Park and headed south down Broadway to Zuccotti Park, chanting as they went. The group later thinned out.
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