Arrest of 700 Occupy Wall Protesters a Good Sign for Protests
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Police have arrested over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters who occupied the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down traffic for hours. Many protesters complained that police had tricked them into moving in front of traffic instead of staying on the side of the street in order to arrest them.
The Occupy Wall Street protests may not have a coherent agenda yet, but these arrests illustrate the fact that they are growing in strength, numbers, and momentum. That the NYPD felt obliged to arrest close one thousand protesters reveals a nervousness that wasn’t there before. This is the sort of action police usually take during a
