Milwaukee Occupied: Loud Protest Ends Peacefully
About 1,500 people hit the streets of Milwaukee on Saturday as part of protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
As dozens began pouring into Zeidler Square on Saturday morning, tension and excitement spread through the crowd. What began as a quiet, laid back morning with about 100 people swelled to around 1,500 by noon. When the call to march rang out, the docile crowd was instantly energized and chants, drums and megaphones began blaring from the park. The “Occupy Wall Street” movement had officially arrived in Milwaukee. Randy West from Milwaukee said he participated in the march because he has had it with corporate control by major banks. “I’m unemployed and it’s BS that the banks, especially Bank of America, throw surprise fees at us. Chase Bank and the super-duper rich have the all the money and we have nothing, they owe us,” West said. “I’m …
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Brett Hyde
3:06 pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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