In
Times
Square, Riot
Police Deploy
Horses Against
Occupy Wall
Street
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
TIMES
SQUARE,
October 15 --
When the
Occupy Wall
Street
protesters
came to
Times Square
on Saturday,
the police
confined them
to pens on
both
sides of the
street then
paraded those
arrested down
the broad
"perp-walk" in
the middle.
While
some of the
protesters
still insisted
that not only
"we are the 99
percent"
but also "so
are you,"
others booed
the police,
saying
"they'll take
your pension
too."
Police
horses were
deployed.
Inner City
Press
witnessed one
police horse
being hit by a
taxi, leading
the crowd to
blame the
police for
using horses
for no
reason. Up on
46th Street
the horses
remained
stationed,
along with
riot police in
helmets with
visors.
A chant went
up, "Who are
you
protecting?"
There was also
invective
directed at
Ray Kelly,
the Police
Commissioner
who would be
mayor.
Similarly,
while
cheers went up
when those
atop tourist
busses gave a
thumbs up, a
number of
stretch
limousines
were booed,
with called of
"there
goes the one
percent." But
maybe it's a
wedding, or a
prom.
On
47th Street,
however, the
police were
letting
tourists
through the
barricades but
not New
Yorkers,
including the
Press. And
when
questioned
why, they
threatened to
arrest Inner
City Press.
Police
in front of
McDonald's in
Times Square,
#OWS (c) MRLee
Via
Twitter a call
went out for a
General
Assembly in
Washington
Square Park
downtown at
9 pm. As the
wind picked up
and the
weather got
colder, some
wondered
where this was
all headed.
Others spoke
of tents and
sleeping bags,
even shelters
being
constructed in
Zuccotti Park
where the
police
have yet to
enter.
The
focus, of
course, is and
should stay on
the banks.
They got
bailed out,
and the
rest got sold
out. Watch
this site.
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