Occupy protest 6-month anniversary ends with police sweep

Hours earlier, hundreds of protesters marched through lower Manhattan.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore made an appearance.

Steps from the New York Stock Exchange, they danced and chanted, “We are
unstoppable.”

The Occupy movement has had a far lower profile in the months since
authorities in many US cities closed down the protest camps scattered in
downtown parks and plazas. The Zuccotti Park encampment was shut down in
November.

Stacy Hessler held up a cardboard sign that read, “Spring is coming,”
a reference, she said, both to the Arab Spring demonstrations that rocked
the Middle East last year and to the warm weather that is returning to New
York. She said she believes the nicer weather will bring crowds back to
Occupy protests.

Some have questioned whether the group can regain its momentum. This month,
the finance accounting group in New York reported that just about $119,000
remained in Occupy’s bank account – the equivalent of about two weeks’ worth
of expenses.

But Hessler said the group has remained strong, and she said she was satisfied
with what Occupy protesters have accomplished.

“It’s changed the language,” she said. “It’s brought out a lot
of issues that people are talking about. … And that’s the start of change.”

As always, the protesters focused on a variety of concerns, but for Tom Hagan,
his sights were on the giants of finance.

“Everyone from the banks to the rating agencies, they all knew they were
doing wrong. … But they did it anyway. Because the money was too big,”
Hagan said.

Source: AP

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