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Locally occupied
Nov 14, 2011 2:01 am
Several local "Occupy" actions to report this weekend:
• Friday at 2 p.m., a group of folks calling themselves "Occupy Hudson" on a Facebook events page organized at a park along Warren St. in that city, and then held a brief protest at the Bank of America in Hudson on Warren St. The Register-Star includes a report about the protest.
• Sometime "Friday evening," a group protesting the ongoing labor negotiations between Verizon employees and management used the word "occupy" in front of a reporter Jeff Alexander of The Daily Mail outside Town Hall in Catskill, and there is a story about that protest in the paper.
• Late Sunday night 13 protesters at Occupy Albany were arrested, according to Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential. State Police arrested and charged 13 Occupy Albany protesters with "trespass" for refusing to leave state-owned Lafayette Park for the neighboring Academy Park. On Saturday night, 24 protesters were arrested at Lafayette Park.
• Friday at 2 p.m., a group of folks calling themselves "Occupy Hudson" on a Facebook events page organized at a park along Warren St. in that city, and then held a brief protest at the Bank of America in Hudson on Warren St. The Register-Star includes a report about the protest.
• Sometime "Friday evening," a group protesting the ongoing labor negotiations between Verizon employees and management used the word "occupy" in front of a reporter Jeff Alexander of The Daily Mail outside Town Hall in Catskill, and there is a story about that protest in the paper.
• Late Sunday night 13 protesters at Occupy Albany were arrested, according to Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential. State Police arrested and charged 13 Occupy Albany protesters with "trespass" for refusing to leave state-owned Lafayette Park for the neighboring Academy Park. On Saturday night, 24 protesters were arrested at Lafayette Park.