Democrat-Backed ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests Turn Violent

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Occupy Wall Street protests: Police make arrests, use pepper spray as some activists storm barricade

BY Christina Boyle, Emily Sher, Anjali Mullany AND Helen Kennedy
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Originally Published:Wednesday, October 5th 2011, 5:26 PM
Updated: Thursday, October 6th 2011, 2:10 AM

Thousands of union workers joined protesters marching through  the Financial District Wednesday for Occupy Wall Street's largest rally yet against "corporate greed."

The march was mostly peaceful - until after nightfall, when scuffles erupted and some of the younger demonstrators were arrested when they tried to storm barricades blocking them from Wall Street and the Stock Exchange.

Witnesses said about 200 people tried to push through barricades and police responded with pepper spray and penned them in with orange netting.

A video posted on the Occupy Wall Street Twitter feed late Wednesday night showed police swinging at a protestor with a night stick. Read the full story at The New York Daily News

Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons: MyFoxNY.com

Members back Wall Street protests
By Russell Berman and Alicia M. Cohn, The Hill - 10/05/11 08:40 PM ET

Democratic lawmakers have begun to embrace the Occupy Wall Street protests as they spread to Washington on Thursday, with some likening the movement to a Tea Party of the left.

Several liberal House lawmakers endorsed the protests Wednesday, and the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said they had been inspired by demonstrators who have been arrested by the hundreds in New York City.

“We share the anger and frustration of so many Americans who have seen the enormous toll that an unchecked Wall Street has taken on the overwhelming majority of Americans while benefiting the super-wealthy,” Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said in a joint statement. Read the full story at The Hill