70-plus arrested in Occupy Wall Street protest

[FarCenter]

NEW YORK -- Thousands of demonstrators protesting corporate greed filled Times Square on Saturday night, mixing with gawkers, Broadway showgoers, tourists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan.

"Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!" protesters chanted from within police barricades. Police, some in riot gear and mounted on horses, tried to push them out of the square and onto the sidewalks in an attempt to funnel the crowds away.

Sandy Peterson of Salt Lake City, who was in Times Square after seeing "The Book of Mormon" musical on Broadway, got caught up in the disorder.

"We're getting out of here before this gets ugly," she said.

Sandra Fox, 69, of Baton Rouge, La., stood, confused, on 46th Street with a ticket for "Anything Goes" in her hand as riot police pushed a knot of about 200 shouting protesters toward her.

"I think it's horrible what they're doing," she said of the protesters. "These people need to go get jobs."

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[teddy51]

1. 70 arrested, 140 new join the ranks... These cops should stand down, cause

they don't have a hope in hell of preventing what is going to happen.

[Warpy]

2. Sandra Fox of Baton Rouge, La, needed to take her trip and show money

and maybe hire someone to do work around her house. That would do more than sneering at people who are trying to protect her ungrateful self from more financial disaster.

[brewens]

3. Right Sandra, and they are doing what it's going to take to

get those jobs! First clean up the corruption and get people in office working for us instead of the banks and big corporations.