Some
of the latest developments in the Occupy protests taking place in cities across
the world:
NEW
YORK
The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with protesters in
Zuccotti Park for the second day in a row Tuesday. Protesters said he helped
them prevent police from removing tents that violated park rules on Monday
evening. Later Tuesday, about 200 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched from
the park to the Manhattan district attorney's office to demand an investigation
into what they say was an "unprovoked assault" on a protester by
police last week. Protesters carried signs that read "End NYPD Violence."
Activist Felix Rivera-Pitre was seen on video being punched by an officer on
Friday. Police said the altercation occurred after the man tried to elbow the
officer in the face.
NORTH
KOREA
The movement shows that people are fed up with
capitalism's ills, according to reclusive North Korea, which attributes the
protests to the "extremely acute socio-class contradictions" created
after the global financial crisis in 2007. North Koreans are proud of their
socialist system because it is ruled by science and will continue to flourish
in the future, the official Korean Central News Agency said. In a separate
dispatch titled "Capitalism has no Future," the agency reported that
worldwide events never unfold the way imperialists want them to. North Korea is
one of the world's most impoverished nations and relies on outside aid to feed
many of its 24 million people.
RHODE
ISLAND
Demonstrators in Providence are urging
activists to form small support groups to help one another in case police seek
to break up their encampment at Burnside Park, for which they don't have a
permit, and arrest anyone refusing to leave. Activists say the so-called
"affinity groups" should consist of eight to 12 people who talk ahead
of time to determine how they'll behave if put in a situation where they might
be arrested. Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare has said there are no plans
to evict the protesters.
OHIO
Building owners who pay for upkeep of a
Cincinnati park where protests are taking place are pressuring city officials
to end the demonstrations there, while a spokeswoman for the group counters
that she and her peers spend 10 minutes every hour cleaning up and assign
"peacekeepers" to break up any fights. Protesters have been issued
citations for staying in the park after hours.
COLORADO
Police urged the two dozen or so protesters in
Colorado Springs to get permits that would allow them to set up tents to keep
their supplies — as long as they don't try to sleep in them. If the protesters
don't comply or the permits aren't approved, they'll have to come down. Several
people who have not complied have been given written warnings, and one person
was arrested early Tuesday.
INDIANA
Police in Fort Wayne told protesters they
could remain in Headwaters Park for at least a few more days if they stay
peaceful and follow rules. About 250 protesters showed up at a rally and march
on Saturday, and about a dozen or so protesters were at the park Monday.
NEBRASKA
Authorities in Lincoln said a camp set up near
the state Capitol is legal because it's in a public right-of-way, not a park,
which would have to close at night. About two dozen tents went up last weekend
along Centennial Mall in what organizers said would be a long-term protest.
AP
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