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** The American Revolution (2?) ** ** By: Neil Schneeberg **

Protestors have converged on Wall Street to protest growing income disparity among other things. The protestors come from a wide variety of places, races, and ideologies. The protest started on September 17th, with a few hundred gathering in Zuccotti Park in New York City. The organizers of the event intended to have the demonstration reach the level of protest in places like Egypt, Spain, and Israel. As the days went on, the event received increased media coverage and consequently an increased number of participants. Police on the scene have been criticized for using excessive measures; most notably a high ranking official using pepper spray on four girls observing the protest in the designated area. There is also a video circling the internet which shows an officer tackling a man seemingly minding his own business. A Marine who served two tours in Iraq was shot in the head with rubber bullets by police in Oakland, fracturing his skull and causing nationwide outrage. On October 1st, protestors attempted to leave Zuccotti Park and cross the Brooklyn Bridge. 700 people were arrested while attempting to cross it. Protestors claim that the police tricked them by allowing them onto the bridge and escorting them halfway across before deploying orange netting over them. The police claim that it was the marchers' choice that led to the arrests. Different organizations and people have advocated different approaches to the protest. Some have said that the protestors have gone too far and should comply with police requests. Others, such as some anarchists and radical socialists, have advocated tactics like "unarresting," which involves physically plying arrestees out of the policeman's hands, as well as bringing tools like box cutters to tear through police netting. Protests are spreading to cities across America and other countries and with no clear demands, no one seems to know where they will lead.