VIDEO: Protesters march through downtown LR
This article was originally published October 15, 2011 at 11:57 a.m. Updated October 15, 2011 at 1:29 p.m.
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Protesters march through downtown LR
Protesters with Occupy Little Rock marched through downtown Saturday morning.
LITTLE ROCK — More than 350 protesters marched through downtown Little Rock Saturday morning in a demonstration against economic inequality, corporate greed and other issues.
The group — dubbed Occupy Little Rock in a localized version of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York — started at the Riverfest Ampitheatre and marched to the state Capitol, stopping along the way to picket the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Stephens Inc. building, the Bank of America building and the Federal Building.
Most of the protesters carried signs while others beat drums or bashed cymbals.
Sandra Harris, of Pine Bluff, said she joined the protest in the hopes that a large-scale, peaceful movement would bring change.
"I think that Washington needs to realize that the people are suffering all over the country," she said. "They're just not responding. It's just necessary for us to come out and let our voices be heard."
Police stopped traffic along the route as the demonstration carried on. Little Rock Police Department spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings said officers didn't respond to any problems during the event.
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quiet4us2 says... October 15, 2011 at 12:21 p.m.
Why can't these idiots make a contribution to the country instead of always trying to tare it down ?
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djigoo says... October 15, 2011 at 12:40 p.m.
They are making a contribution to this country by peacefully protesting injustices. And what does "tare it down" mean?
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aimee says... October 15, 2011 at 7:58 p.m.
quiet:
It's "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
There ARE grievances and their efforts to get them remedied IS making "a contribution to the country"... They are there for the rest of us who are WITH them in spirit..!!!!
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jackalope says... October 15, 2011 at 9:11 p.m.
I was there. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful event. Absolutely no problems, not a single incident of any kind. The LRPD was very supportive and courteous to us and vice versa. I know I personally thanked every officer I walked by, both on the way to the capitol and back.
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T6 says... October 15, 2011 at 10:26 p.m.
aimee, It will all be fine and dandy UNTIL all hell breaks loose like it did in Rome. Then what do you think will happen? If violence does break out in the US, The President and the Democrat Party should be held responsible.
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jackalope says... October 15, 2011 at 11 p.m.
T6, all of the violence I've seen in this movement in the US has been on the part of police agencies. Speaking as someone who was there today, the movement in Little Rock was entirely without incident. Also, this is not a political movement, why should the President/Dems beheld accountable? This is a movement against the stranglehold that corporations and the richest 1% in this country have over everything from the media to politics. Today I saw old, young, black, white, hispanic, and there was even a contingent from the local TEA party.
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LevitiCuss says... October 16, 2011 at 12:09 a.m.
Funny how since this OWS thing started, you haven't heard a single squeak out of the Republicans about cutting any more social programs. Wonder why that is? All it takes is a few people taking to the streets and suddenly the 'Pubs are all about peace and love and understanding:^O
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BillSmith says... October 16, 2011 at 3:56 a.m.
This movement needs an organazation behind it.
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Testingonetwothree says... October 16, 2011 at 4:51 a.m.
LevitiCuss...duh Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package .......haven't heard a single squeak out of the Republicans ...pretty big squeak Id say.....
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thinolman4 says... October 16, 2011 at 5:28 a.m.
I am fully behind the movement. It is our constitutional right. Everyone says that the movement lacks focus. The politicians keenly know the problems that need to be solved they just don't have the political guts to do the right thing.
I believe the movement will get a lot more traction if congress continues to stalemate.
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thinolman4 says... October 16, 2011 at 5:32 a.m.
Think the plan is to re-submit the bill piece mill.
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T6 says... October 17, 2011 at 8:48 a.m.
BillSmith says,"This movement needs an organazation behind it."
WTH!!!! This movement has the President and the Democrat Party, Communist Party USA, American Nazi Party, George Soros, AFL-CIO, Move-On, Code Pink, Terorist Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.
How much more organization do you want?
Jackalope, the protesters in Rome had no idea that violence would break out there but it did. It will in the US too. The left will make sure it does.
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T6 says... October 17, 2011 at 9:06 a.m.
The protesters are nothing but USEFUL IDIOTS.
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aimee says... October 18, 2011 at 3:25 a.m.
T6:
"New poll shows Occupy Wall Street viewed twice as favorably as tea party"
"Occupy Wall Street is now the most popular protest movement in America."
dailykos. com/story/2011/10/13/1025924/-New-poll-shows-Occupy-Wall-Street-viewed-twice-as-favorably-as-teaparty
You need to get a "reality check"..!!!! ....and soon..!!!
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T6 says... October 18, 2011 at 5:02 p.m.
aimee, yeah those TEA Party folks are a bunch of dirty, trashy, foul mouthed, lazy people, aren't they? I can see where the Occupy Wall Street bunch would be more favorable. Since the TEA party was for less government, less spending, less taxes, accountable government. They blamed who was responsible for our mess, Congress and the President instead of the mean old rich people that don't deserve what they have.
Jackalope, why would I blame the Democrats and the President if violence breaks out? "
This is from Democrat pollster, Doug Schoen. He says research shows clearly that the movement doesn’t represent unemployed America and is not ideologically diverse. Rather, it comprises an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence.
According to a poll published today in the Wall Street Journal, 31% of the protesters in Zucotti Park believe that violence is OK in order to advance their agenda. Jackalope multiply that all over the US. Obama and Nutsy Pelosi and the Democrats have embraced this grass roots movement.Consider that the very top level of the Democratic Party is openly endorsing the protests. Former President Clinton has called it “good positive debate.” President Obama claimed that Dr. King would support them as well.
If violence does occur the Community Organizer-in Chief and Nutsy will own it because as he said to Jake Tapper "he is on their side."
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Coralie says... October 18, 2011 at 5:36 p.m.
"Schoen appears to have grossly misrepresented the results of his poll. He writes that a “large majority” are bound together by support for a “radical redistribution of wealth.” But when he asked the protesters what they’d like the Occupy Wall Street movement to achieve, just 4 percent said “radical redistribution of wealth,” which tied for last on the list of answers given. There is no mention of “radical redistribution of wealth” anywhere else in the poll."
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Coralie says... October 18, 2011 at 5:40 p.m.
Democratic leaders have expressed sympathy but they are not "embracing" the movement.
They have enough sense to know not to.
Also not everybody in the movement is happy with Obama.
T6, I attended the Occupy Fayetteville event Saturday and did not see ANY "dirty, trashy, foul mouthed, lazy people." I'm not one, either.
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aimee says... October 20, 2011 at 8:09 p.m.
T6:
No, it the policies of the Tea Party that they dislike... Cut, cut, cutting programs that people have paid into and rely on - Social Security, Medicare... Signing a "Pledge" that they will NEVER raise taxes is really stupid...!!!
Did we elect people to tie their hands on what they CAN and CAN'T do..??? No, we want our representatives to GET SOMETHING DONE..!!! This current crop elected by the Tea Party only want to sit on their hands...
IF you think government is the PROBLEM then you don't BELONG in the government..!!!!! Period..!!!!
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