Thousands marching down 5th Avenue chanting.

[mmonk]

Police trying to contain but can't. Setting up barricades to block street and march.

http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

[mmonk]

1. 3 to 5,000/ Burst through barricade.

[Lint Head]

2. This is Fantsastic!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Oh it's only a few hundred.

<a href="http://twitpic.com/7fhul5" title="aerial shot of the scene in union square right now #OWS #n17 ... on Twitpic"><img src="" width="150" height="150" alt="aerial shot of the scene in union square right now #OWS #n17 ... on Twitpic"></a>

See, just a few hundred malcontents.

:hi:

For the record that's time square.

[Cassandra]

13. That's the north end of Union Square

17th & Broadway

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Yup, but numbers in the morn will be a few hundred.

[mmonk]

4. Talk about taking over a building like what happened in Chapel Hill.

[mmonk]

5. Police showing up on motorcycles.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. This is going to get ugly. The NYPD will make it ugly if it's the last thing they do.

Fucking assholes.

[RKP5637]

7. Cops will make this into another Kent State if given the chance. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. They're deliberately trying to incite a riot. n/t

[RKP5637]

10. Exactly! That's their game plan, block the protesters and make it a riot, then

they will really brutalize protesters even more and claim they feared for their lives. Fucken PIGS.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. They are chomping at the bit to bring in the National Guard and GUNS.

They must be VERY frustrated that the protesters won't take their bait! :) Assholes.

[RKP5637]

22. I went thought this once, they came on campus with the national guard. The guard

was looking to bust up as many as they could. Starting dropping tear gas from helicopters. etc., etc. They love this shit.

[mmonk]

9. March is pouring into 14th. Police trying to catch up.

[mmonk]

11. Says officers visibly shaken. Crowd too big.

[Dawson Leery]

12. Who said this?

If so, it's good.

[mmonk]

15. The person filming.

Now some are heading towards Broadway. Chanting our streets.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Tim...the guy filming. He's from The Other 99%. He has a live feed filming this as it happens.

He's VERY good with his commentary. http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

[Luminous Animal]

26. Greg Mithchell of The Nation believes Tim deserves at least a Pulitzer nomination for his coverage.

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. I couldn't agree more! He is doing a wonderful job covering this!

He'll be rewarded for this some day and deserves to be. The police must HATE him. He exposes them.

[sabrina 1]

52. He's got over 23, 000 views right now, I can see him becoming

a professional reporter and I hope he does. Current should contact him, he really is a natural.

[malaise]

17. Now shouting 'our streets'

heading down Broadway

[texanwitch]

18. The cops are not brave, just bullies.

They are brave when 6 of them are beating up on one person.

Urge crowds are not so easy to control.

[hifiguy]

24. +100

They are "big swingin' dicks" when the numbers are in their favor or it's one-on-one. Not so much when the People actually rise up peaceably.

[KamaAina]

49. This from the department that polices New Year's Eve in Times Square every year

:rofl:

[Huey P. Long]

16. Charge!

[mmonk]

21. Haven't joined the unions yet and already a few thousand strong.

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. Tim said they're expecting 3-5 THOUSAND protesters today.

:thumbsup:

[mmonk]

25. Strong police presence at present.

[in_cog_ni_to]

27. UH OH! 50 unmarked police vehicles just showed up! n/t

[mmonk]

28. 50 unmarked vehicles now. March is at 8th street.

[mmonk]

30. Protesters carrying American flags.

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. 4,000 people marching and when they get to Foley Square (?) it will be around 10,000 people!

Holy crap. This is HISTORICAL!

[mmonk]

32. Yep. Looks like Tim's audio and video is stuck. Waiting.

[mmonk]

33. Back now with feedback echo.

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. They just joined up with another march. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

35. Helicopter flying low over the march. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. NYPD helicopter and 2 news copters. n/t

[mmonk]

38. Guess there won't be a media blackout tonight.

[closeupready]

37. Wow, amazing. Inspiring.

nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. NYPD is the 10th largest army in the world???? WTF?

:wow:

[rhett o rick]

40. Occupy somewhere in your area now, tonight across the country. nm

[mmonk]

41. The chat says students are marching in China town.

[Horse with no Name]

42. Too bad the media is busy covering the 3 Tea Partiers standing on a corner

in Dumbfuckistan.

[mmonk]

43. Now have joined up with the students and heading to join up with the unions.

[Dawson Leery]

44. Outnumber the pigs! Outnumber that sawed off turd Bloomberg!

[in_cog_ni_to]

45. They are meeting the UNIONS at Foley Square. Foley Square is FULL!!! This is going to be HUGE!

chanting: "BLOOMBERG, BEWARE! ZUCCOTTI PARK IS EVERYWHERE!"

[Zorra]

46. Will Bloomber play nice with the Big Dog from now on?

This is a just a little warning bark. Our bite is far worse than our bark.

I reckon Bloomber is at his desk perusing brochures of retirement mansions in Florida at this very moment, wishing he could go back in time a few days and change some of his decisions.

[Fire Walk With Me]

47. Already recommended, kicking now.

[johnnie]

48. Cops ramming people with their motorcycles

http://www.ustream.tv/cbsnews

[mmonk]

50. I'm wondering what is going through the heads of the police this time.

It's different.

[in_cog_ni_to]

51. They've got to be reeling from the size of this march.

It's huge.

[Uncle Joe]

61. They regret not thinking to wear Depends. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

53. NYPD Vans and squad cars are driving past protesters ...heading in the same direction.

:(

[mmonk]

54. Still don't know how they will contain this.

[in_cog_ni_to]

56. IMPOSSIBLE. Unless they call in the NG. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. They're almost to Foley Square. Tim has stopped to let the marchers go by to show us how HUGE this

is.

[sabrina 1]

57. They should not have raided their occupation. Lol, everytime

they do they end up with thousands on the streets, all over the country.

After they raided Oakland and wounded Scott Olsen and others, over 100,000 showed up six days later on the streets.

Their strategy is not working, it's only making the movement grow bigger.

Time for another 'conference call'!

[mmonk]

58. They'll never learn. It isn't in their playbook.

[sabrina 1]

59. 'Bloomberg, Beware, Zuccotti Park is Everywhere'!

'Foley Square is shoulder to shoulder' he says, 'the unions are here'.

[mmonk]

62. Yep

[mmonk]

60. Shoulder to shoulder.

[sabrina 1]

63. 'There's easily over ten thousand people here'

He says the unions are there and 'it's amazing'.

Wish I was there, maybe in the Spring!

[sabrina 1]

64. They have a stage set up. I hope he gets close enough

to hear the speakers. This is awesome!

'We are the 99%'

He can't tell who is speaking. Going to check Twitter for a few minutes to see if anyone knows.

[sabrina 1]

67. Huge crowds in Boston and Chicago also

Photo from Chicago:

http://c0014049.r32.cf1.rackcdn.com/x2_95c6258

Lol, they are singing 'Down by the Riverside' in Foley Sq!

Awesome!

[Amaya]

65. wish i could be there

stay strong!

[mmonk]

66. Lost my laptop due to heat. Had to switch LOL

[sabrina 1]

84. City Council members there too, willing to be arrested.

Verizon Workers, SEIU named so far. There are several Unions there.

[sabrina 1]

85. Marcing in St. Louis also, taking over bridge, several arrests there

RT @BreakingNews: St. Louis police arrest about a dozen protesters during Occupy march to bridge - @stltoday

[suffragette]

94. Looks like they arrested one of the City Council members

http://twitter.com/#!/JumaaneWilliams/status/137304847975325697
@JumaaneWilliams Jumaane D. Williams
I have just been #handcuffed & #arrested by the #NYPD, practicing #civildisobedience with #OccupyWallStreet & the #99percent.



http://gothamist.com/2011/11/17/unions_join_occupy_wall_street_for.php#photo-1

Update 6:10 p.m.: The march is underway, but it's proceeding very slowly because the NYPD has set up kettle nets along the route and they're not letting protesters though, except through a small number of openings.

And City Councilman Juamaane Williams just Tweeted, "I have just been #handcuffed & #arrested by the #NYPD, practicing #civildisobedience with #OccupyWallStreet & the #99percent." His Tweet before that was "We are sitting on the approach to the #BrooklynBridge, standing up for the #99percent and for #equality." You may recall that Williams was arrested after the West Indian-Amercian Day Parade by apparently overzealous cops who didn't believe he was a Council member.

[sabrina 1]

96. Thank you, suffragette.

The livestream is saying the cops may not be blocking them anymore, it would make more sense to just let them cross over, but the NYPD rarely makes sense.

The Children are singing again! lol!

Tim just met another livestreamer from Philly. Everyone singing right now.

I think there are too many people there for the cops to attack. They may wait til later when the crowd thins out, which is what they did in Oakland eg.

[in_cog_ni_to]

68. They're taking back their BRIDGES tonight too! That's where shit will hit the fan.

:scared:

[sabrina 1]

69. Huge crowds in Philly also:

From Philly:

http://c0014049.r32.cf1.rackcdn.com/x2_95c585d

#OccupyPhilly + #SEIU sit-in Market St bridge demanding jobs+highlighting needed bridge repair. #ows #N17

[rhett o rick]

70. Occupy a bridge near you now. NOW. NM

[mmonk]

71. Poor Tim working to get access. LOL

[in_cog_ni_to]

72. Tim's having a hard time getting access to the speech area. Now another HUGE group is there...SEIU..

Union? Is that what they said?

[sabrina 1]

78. There are several Unions there. They are going to the Brooklyn Bridge

20,000 there now and more coming according to twitter.

The air space is being closed?? Watch out then, that means the police are getting ready to attack.

Just saw on Twitter that the police are 'massing'.

He says he can 'feel the ground shaking'. I hope no one gets seriously hurt by the police.

The media is covering it, has been all day. Just NY thought. There are marches all over the country and the world.

[sabrina 1]

73. There's a Children's Brigade, they are chanting

@Catherina_News
Catherina
A CHILDREN'S BRIGADE? OMG, I LOVE it! #N17 #ows
8 minutes ago via TwitLonger Beta
Favorite Retweet Reply




@kgosztola
Kevin Gosztola
Kid who can't be more than 12 on livestream leads chant: "You cannot push us down. Because if you do we're gonna fight, fight, fight!" #OWS

[mmonk]

74. Marches taking off. This will split police. Brooklyn Bridge.

[in_cog_ni_to]

75. EASILY MORE THAN 10,000 people are there! They are now headed to the Brooklyn Bridge! n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

76. He said there may be 20,000 people there! Air Space is now being closed! Beatings to come. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

79. There's so many people there he can feel the ground shaking. Police are getting ready to coral

everyone!

[mmonk]

77. Police separating them.

[in_cog_ni_to]

80. This is going to be bad. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

81. ANOTHER GROUP IS THERE! Verizon workers! Holy CRAP!

[in_cog_ni_to]

82. 10-30,000 people. Everytime they turn a corner, there's another group. :)

[sabrina 1]

83. He said there is another group there now.

They really did organize this it looks like. He said they keep coming across more people.

Children's Brigade chanting about Police Brutality:

@Catherina_News
Catherina
Children's Brigade chanting "Police brutality tear it down!" "Corporate greed tear it down!" "The whole damn system tear it down!" #ows #n17

He better not get arrested.

[sabrina 1]

Police blocking part of the Brooklyn Bridge now.

Photo from Foley Square. 'People as far as the eye can see'

http://c0014049.r32.cf1.rackcdn.com/x2_95c7fac

[in_cog_ni_to]

86. Reuters and Al Jazeera are showing the feed.

[in_cog_ni_to]

87. BBC has his live stream also! This is FANTASTIC!

[in_cog_ni_to]

88. Police cars are on the Brooklyn Bridge.

[in_cog_ni_to]

89. chant: "who took the money? Wall Street! who's going to pay? Wall Street! Who does the work? We do

the work!"

[in_cog_ni_to]

90. chant: "We got sold out!" We got sold out!"

[in_cog_ni_to]

91. SIGN ON BRIDGE: Pedestrians will be arrested

[in_cog_ni_to]

92. Reuters press is there! Right in front of Tim.

[sabrina 1]

93. Keith should have him on his show. His coverage has been

great.

All across the country there are thousands marching, in Philly, in Boston, SF, DC, Huston and more.

RT has been covering it also.

And the MSM.

So far it is peaceful, the cops haven't started to riot yet.

Not organized? All over the country they are delivering the same message. They are 'taking back our bridges' ~ demonstrating the need for a works program to repair America's infrastructure.

[Gin]

95. I am so very proud of all these marchers....this is really what

democracy looks like!!!!

crowd estimate is 32 thousand

[sabrina 1]

97. Yes, it is amazing, and that is just NYC. All over the country

there are thousands, tens of thousands more people marching, so far, I have seen news from Philly, Boston, Huston, SF, DC. It truly is inspiring. Their focus today is the crumbling infrastructure, which is why they are sitting on bridges.

[mmonk]

98. Video is starting soon.

[mmonk]

99. Tim's feed is back up.

[Blue Owl]

100. You can't... stop it...

:yourock: