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Witness the breadth of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement as civil disobedience spread across the U.S.

Witness the breadth of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement as civil disobedience spread across the U.S.
Witness the breadth of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement as civil disobedience spread across the U.S.
Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement blocking a bridge in Chicago, November 2011.
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Transcript

POLICE OFFICER: May I have your attention please. This is the Chicago Police Department. I am warning you that you are in violation of a city ordinance, blocking the roadway. You are not showing due care for pedestrians. At this time I am asking you to leave the roadway.

DEMONSTRATORS:
The people united will never be defeated!
What do we want? Jobs!
We are the 99 percent!
Take it back! Take it back! Take back Chicago!
Arrest the bankers!