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On Friday, October 7, protestors met at the Park near the Children’s Museum on Island Avenue. There were people everywhere, and I got there an hour before the march. I had a feeling the protest was going to be big and it was. 1500 people were in attendance (below).
Civic Center
With that many people present, there was surprisingly no chaos, no arrests, no taunting the cops or vice versa. The protesters were just marching and chanting loud slogans such as “We are the 99 percent” and “Wall Street is our street.”
Once they marched for a couple of hours, they met back at the Children’s Park, where candles were lit (above) and lots of tents were set up. You could hear conversations about their opinions on what they feel are wrong with this country. You could see the people from all walks of life. I came across a young man who worked for the Public Defender’s office and was still wearing his suit from his work day. People of all ages were in attendance.
On Saturday and Sunday, there were fewer people (above) but their energy was still high. They again marched at 4 pm and when they met at the Civic Center, they had a rally where a different speaker (below) shared stories and thoughts about what they feel is unfair. How the rich are not being taxed fairly, how the banks received bailouts, but not people who lost their homes, military people talking about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, their time back in the U.S., and how happy they were to be at Occupy.
On Friday, October 7, protestors met at the Park near the Children’s Museum on Island Avenue. There were people everywhere, and I got there an hour before the march. I had a feeling the protest was going to be big and it was. 1500 people were in attendance (below).
Civic Center
With that many people present, there was surprisingly no chaos, no arrests, no taunting the cops or vice versa. The protesters were just marching and chanting loud slogans such as “We are the 99 percent” and “Wall Street is our street.”
Once they marched for a couple of hours, they met back at the Children’s Park, where candles were lit (above) and lots of tents were set up. You could hear conversations about their opinions on what they feel are wrong with this country. You could see the people from all walks of life. I came across a young man who worked for the Public Defender’s office and was still wearing his suit from his work day. People of all ages were in attendance.
On Saturday and Sunday, there were fewer people (above) but their energy was still high. They again marched at 4 pm and when they met at the Civic Center, they had a rally where a different speaker (below) shared stories and thoughts about what they feel is unfair. How the rich are not being taxed fairly, how the banks received bailouts, but not people who lost their homes, military people talking about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, their time back in the U.S., and how happy they were to be at Occupy.