[guide.chat] california protesters over the banks
- From: "vanessa" <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:43:07 -0000
Thousands of protesters campaigning against corporate greed have closed one of
the busiest ports in the US.
Officials at the Oakland port in California said operations had been
"effectively shut down" because of the demonstration by around 5,000 people.
The city has been catapulted to the forefront of national anti-Wall Street
protests after a former Marine was bady wounded during a march and rally last
week.
On Wednesday, protesters streamed across a freeway overpass to gather in front
of the gates to the port, which handles around \$39bn a year in imports and
exports.
They stood on tractor-trailers in the middle of the street and climbed
scaffolding nearby. Groups were shown on local TV running through the streets
and trying to start small fires.
Student Sarah Daniel, 28, said: "The reason I'm here is I'm sick and tired of
trying to figure out where I should put my vote between the lesser of two
evils."
The atmosphere turned tense after a protester was apparently struck by a car
and rumours spread the person had died.
Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan later said the pedestrian was taken
to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Anti-Wall Street activists are angry at the financial system and have focused
on trying to disrupt banks and other symbols of corporate America.
The Occupy protest movement has spread from New York across the world, as seen
at the Capitalism in Crisis demonstration that has taken root outside St Paul's
in London.
Former Marine Scott Olsen was seriously wounded during a clash with police on
October 25 and is still recovering in hospital.
Protesters say the 24-year-old was struck by a tear gas canister fired by
police. An investigation has been launched into the incident.
Meanwhile, at the original Wall Street protest in New York, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg said it was "really hurting small businesses and families" and warned
he could take action.
In Seattle, around 300 people blocked the street outside a hotel where Jamie
Dimon, chief executive of the biggest US bank JPMorgan Chase & Co, was speaking.
Earlier in the day, five protesters were arrested for trespassing after
chaining themselves to fixtures inside a Chase bank branch, Seattle police said.
In Los Angeles, several hundred protesters marched in solidarity with their
Oakland counterparts.
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