{"id":6172,"date":"2011-10-22T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/22\/occupy-update10222011\/"},"modified":"2011-10-22T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T07:47:10","slug":"occupy-update10222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/22\/occupy-update10222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Update–10\/22\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Occupy Wall Street movement makes news every day as they continue to stand for the needs of the 99% and oppose the greed of millionaires, billionaires and corporate criminals, the people that own the Republican Party.  To keep you updated, here\u2019s a brief account of an arrest, two excellent video clips from Keith Olbermann, a local update from my town, Portland, Oregon, and a note on the demands working group.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"22OccupyWS\"Police in New York arrested about 30 protesters including veteran civil rights activist Cornel West during a demonstration by the Occupy Wall Street movement.<\/p>\n

A New York Police Department spokesman said the protesters were arrested on Friday because they were "blocking the entrance" of the local police precinct in New York’s Harlem neighborhood. They were charged with "disorderly conduct."<\/p>\n

Several hundred people were demonstrating in Harlem over the controversial police practice of stopping and patting down people to determine whether they are carrying arms, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.<\/p>\n

West, an outspoken Princeton University professor, was freed shortly after his arrest, according to an Occupy Wall Street video\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Given West\u2019s reputation, he would not have offered himself for arrest were the grievance not a valid one.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann covered  the story in two segments on Countdown<\/a>.  In the first, he interviews Paul Krugman.<\/font><\/p>\n