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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Occupy Austin Marches on Too Big to Fail Bank of America
Occupy Austin Marches on Too Big to Fail Bank of America: "Occupy Austin is quite different from Occupy Wall Street, mostly due to the reactions of city officials and authorities.
1,300 hundred people showed up to Occupy Austin on Thursday, day one of the movement. On Friday, day two of Occupy Austin, the protesters marched to Bank of America, the too big to fail Bank of America, from City Hall chanting “We are the 99 percent!” In stark contrast to NYC and other protests around the country, the Austin police were very supportive of the peaceful protesters. In fact, city leaders including Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo came out to speak with the protesters, who were camping out at City Hall.
Council member Kathie Tovo said, “I’m really interested in the issues that concern them. What’s motivated them to come out here and spend in some cases the night at City Hall? What are some of the things they’d like to see different about the City?”..."
1,300 hundred people showed up to Occupy Austin on Thursday, day one of the movement. On Friday, day two of Occupy Austin, the protesters marched to Bank of America, the too big to fail Bank of America, from City Hall chanting “We are the 99 percent!” In stark contrast to NYC and other protests around the country, the Austin police were very supportive of the peaceful protesters. In fact, city leaders including Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo came out to speak with the protesters, who were camping out at City Hall.
Council member Kathie Tovo said, “I’m really interested in the issues that concern them. What’s motivated them to come out here and spend in some cases the night at City Hall? What are some of the things they’d like to see different about the City?”..."
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