The Occupy Wall Street movement celebrated its one-year anniversary on Monday with actions in New York City and other cities across the country. In Manhattan, protesters tried to block access to the New York Stock Exchange by erecting a “People’s Wall.”
Amanda Montgomery: “Today is Occupy Wall Street’s birthday, and we are celebrating. We are rising above all the corruption and police brutality that could happen, has happened already.”
Eeo Stubblefield: “I, myself, had never, in all my 57 years, seen anything like Zuccotti Park, and I personally had been waiting for 10 years for something to — something. And I had no idea that the kids — I had no idea that the kids were going to rise up like that, and I’m so proud of them.”
Overall, more than 150 people were arrested, including half a dozen journalists. Monday’s actions saw a lower turnout than expected, with around 1,000 people taking part in the protests, far lower than the numbers seen last fall.
