Occupy Wall Street: 700 Arrested in Brooklyn Bridge Standoff
• Share   • Read Later Jessica Rinaldi-Reuters  A protester
looks up at a police officer after being arrested on the
Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York
October 1, 2011.  From the inside, the throng of “Occupy Wall
Street” protesters marching through Lower Manhattan on Saturday
felt chaotic. The crush of people, more than 2,500 in all,
flowed north from their camp in Zuccotti Park towards the
Brooklyn Bridge, chanting slogans that ebbed and flowed through
the crowd. Drums echoed off the tall buildings that form a deep
canyon along narrow streets. But as tumultuous as it felt inside
the group, from the outside, the protest looked orderly and
purposeful as it moved smoothly behind a wide banner that read:
“Occupy Everything.” Demonstrator Christine Velez held a sign
that cleverly poked fun at both leading Republican presidential
contenders: “I Won’t Believe a Corporation Is a Person Until
Texas Hangs One,” her sign said