Dozens of protesters from Occupy Wall Street were arrested Thursday near the New York Stock Exchange as the movement marks its two-month anniversary with rallies in cities across the country that are expected to cause major disruptions.
But what is being billed as the biggest day of protests to date comes as a new poll shows that the American public?s patience with the Occupiers is starting to wear thin.
Continue ReadingThe poll found that support for the Occupy movement is weakening while opposition to the protesters is gaining momentum. Thirty-three percent of respondent said in a Public Policy Polling poll that they support the protesters? goals, while 45 percent said they are against them. Last month, 35 percent of voters said they support the Occupiers, while 26 percent said they opposed their movement.
The poll was conducted Nov. 10-13 among 800 voters, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
As a part of the Thursday ?National Day of Action,? demonstrations are expected to break out in dozens of cities, including New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.
In Manhattan, where protesters were recently evicted from Zuccotti Park and banned from returning to their home base with tents and other sleeping gear, Occupiers have already begun their first goal of the day. After gathering in Liberty Square at 7 a.m., protesters have started a rally to shut down Wall Street and prevent the stock exchange from opening. Their goal is to ?confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice.?
Protesters clashed with police as they filled the streets in their attempt to shut down the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning, The New York Times reported. Demonstrators had attempted to stop traders from opening the stock exchange on Wall Street, but the bell rang on time at 9:30 a.m. Dozens of people were arrested, with the New York Daily News estimating that about 50 protesters have been taken into custody.
Later in the day, the Occupiers will attempt to ?occupy the subway? by gathering at 16 different train stops across the city. At 5 p.m., they plan on marching across the Brooklyn Bridge carrying handheld lights, as a ?festival of lights to celebrate two months of a new movement.?
A major bridge in Washington, D.C., will also be overtaken by protesters on Thursday. At 4:30 p.m., protesters plan to gather at the M St. entrance of Key Bridge in Georgetown and form a human chain all the way across to the Virginia side of the bridge. The protest on the bridge, already notorious among the Beltway community for its rush-hour traffic, is expected to cause residents major delays.
The LaSalle Street Bridge in Chicago, the 4th Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles and the Market Street Bridge in Philadelphia will see similar protests on Thursday.
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