“Occupy Wall Street” may continue its encampment in New York — for now — officials said, and protesters at Zuccotti Park cheered and breathed a sigh of relief. But across the U.S., there’s evidence that authorities’ patience with the anti-corporate-greed protests is wearing thin.
Police in riot gear in Denver moved on protesters Friday morning, arresting about two dozen and tearing down their tents. Protesters in Trenton, N.J., have been ordered to remove tents they erected near a war memorial.
In San Diego on Friday morning, police began to arrest protesters who refused to remove their tents and other property from the plaza behind City Hall.
So as the movement grows … what’s ahead for the protesters?
LA Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik writes:
“Moving from protest to policy is the hardest leap that grass-roots organizations face. Occupy Wall Street is just now entering that very difficult, and very interesting, phase.”
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