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Originally Posted by Failed
The only traffic shutdowns I saw were by the NYPD, and oddly timed ones at that. They could of handled it better. But, while watching the live feed, as the protesters were marching by the traffic that was stopped, they were all blowing their horns, chanting with the protesters, and giving peace signs. I'm sure they weren't all happy, but it seemed like the majority didn't mind.
Anyway, did they piss some people off, sure. But, over 30,000 came out on a work night to support and march. It's a good start to a new beginning. Sacrifices must be made for progress of any kind.
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It wasn't "thirty thousand". It was "thousands", not "tens of thousands". (
Estimate from the AP)
I saw entire streets shut down. This is to be expected for a protest of this size.
Just now at CNN Anderson Cooper was interviewing someone discussing this protest and comparing it to other protests. This guy said "protests must always lead to political action". In the Civil Rights movement, early on, they targeted specific easy to understand rules. In this case, the laws they should be discussing are too complicated for most college kids to understand. But they need to target Washington, not Wall Street. Wall Street isn't gong to change a damn thing on their own.