[Peace-discuss] Flood Wall Street Sit-In Surrounds Wall Street Bull, 100 Arrests

[David Johnson via Peace-discuss]

  Flood Wall Street Sit-In Surrounds Wall Street Bull, 100 Arrests

NYPD Protects Wall Street from Flood Wall Street Protesters
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/Above: The NYPD protects Wall Street from Flood Wall Street protesters./

The Flood Wall Street Protest began at the WW II Memorial in Battery 
Park at the lower tip of Manhattan at 9:00 AM. Speakers from around the 
world representing people from Africa, Central America, South America, 
North America and Asia spoke to the crowd of approximately 3,000 about 
how climate change is already impacting their environment and lives with 
droughts, floods, heat waves and massive storms. The group than 
practiced the resistance action of the day --- flowing like water down 
in the financial district leading to a sit-in, in an undisclosed area.

They also practiced a song:  The People are going to rise like water --- 
We're going to calm this crisis down --- We hear the voice of a great 
grand-daughter --- Calling shut Wall Street down.

Three thousand Flood Wall Streeters marched into the financial district 
with a massive carbon bomb blimp, signs and banners. When they 
surrounded the iconic Wall Street bull, the Flood Wall Streeters sat 
down and blocked the streets. The take-over of the streets around the 
bull was something the Occupy Wall Street movement never accomplished. 
The sit-in lasted from about noon until just before 4:00 PM when the 
group decided to march to Wall Street for the closing bell of the 
trading session. A group of Flood Wall Streeters hijacked a tour bus and 
their video of the protest shows the energy of the massive sit-in. The 
300 foot banner being held says "Capitalism=Climate Chaos, Flood Wall 
Street."

When they got to Wall Street there was a multi-layered police barricade 
blocking the street that included a line of police on horseback and 
multiple barricades. There was an effort to push through the barricades 
but the police held their ground. The struggle between police and 
protesters to remove the barricades so the march could continue to the 
stock exchange down Wall Street. Police used pepper spray to push back 
protesters, approximately 10 people were hit with pepper spray. One 
reporter was also punched in the face by a police officer. The Flood 
Wall Streeters then occupied the area outside of Wall Street on 
Broadway. The police surrounded them gradually pulling in the barricades 
and warning them of pending arrests. In the end, photo journalist, Jenna 
Pope, estimates nearly 100 people were arrested, including a polar bear.

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