Some protesters satdown on the roadway, while other protesters mocking and yelled at the police from the pedestrian walkaway above. Police used orange color net to stop the group on the roadway from going further down the bridge, which is under construction. ( on news : Brooklyn Bridge Protesters arrested )
The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a plaza in Manhattan's Financial District for about two weeks staging various marches, and had orchestrated an impromptu trek to Brooklyn on Saturday evening. They walked in big rows on the sidewalk up to the bridge, where some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway, police said. Most of those arrested face disorderly conduct charges, while others were accused of resisting arrest.
Some of the protesters said we were lured onto the roadway by NYPD police, or they didn't hear the calls from authorities to head to the pedestrian walkway. Police said no one was tricked into being arrested, and those who were in the back of the group were allowed to leave.
Brooklyn Bridge Protesters arrested
one of the protester is Erin Larkins, a Columbia University graduate student at who says she and her boyfriend have significant student loan debt, was among the thousands of protesters on the bridge. She said a friend persuaded her to join the march and she's glad she did.
"I don't think we're asking for much, just to wake up every morning not worrying whether we can pay the rent, or whether our next meal will be rice and beans again," Larkins wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "No one is expecting immediate change. I think everyone is just hopeful that people will wake up a bit and realize that the more we speak up, the more the people that do have the authority to make changes in this world listen."
Several videos taken of the event show a confusing, partly calm, partly-chaotic scene. Some show protesters screaming obscenities at police and taking the hat from one of the officers. Others show police struggling with people who refuse to get up. Nearby, a couple dressed in a tuxedo and white gown posed for wedding pictures on the bridge.
There has been a growing swell of coverage in mainstream media, but there has been loud complaining the cause hasn't been championed fast enough -- or in the way protesters want.
One video surfaced of a group of girls shot with pepper spray by NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna. The woman claimed they were abused and demanded the officer resign, and the video has been the subject of several news articles and commentary. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said internal affairs would look into whether Bologna acted improperly and has also said the video doesn't show "tumultuous" behavior by the protesters.
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