Melee Breaks Out Between Wall Street Protesters and NYPD

Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:25am by Becket Adams

There are reports that things not going well for the Occupy Wall Street protests.

According to Business Insider, there have been multiple tweets that claim that Thursday evening’s protests have produced “several arrests.” And now there is a video that seems to indicate rising tensions between the protesters and the NYPD.

At this moment, it is unclear exactly where this video was shot.



Update: A TV crew for FOX 5 in New York captured the moments leading up to the altercation.

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

FOX reports:

In the evening, crowds surged past barriers and NYPD officers moved in to contain the protesters. By many accounts, mayhem broke out.

Officers, many wearing white shorts indicating supervisor rank, swatted protesters with batons and sprayed them with mace, video from the scene showed

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Cops appeared to arrest dozens if not hundreds of protesters, but the final tally was not known.