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Kelly (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images); Protesters (credit: Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly had some strong words for “Occupy Wall Street” protesters Thursday, blaming participants for starting skirmishes which led to more than 20 arrests on Wednesday.

“What they did is they counted.  They actually had a countdown — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 — they grouped together, they joined arms and they charged the police. They attacked the police. They wanted to get into Wall Street, they wanted to occupy Wall Street,” Kelly told reporters.

Police arrested 28 people Wednesday — mostly for disorderly conduct.  There was at least one arrest for assaulting a police officer and police said one protester even knocked an officer off his scooter.

Kelly said that if demonstrators targeted the police, authorities would respond with “force.”

“They’re going to be met with force when they do that — this is just common sense,” he said.

The commissioner said protesters were told to stay within the barricades that police had erected and when they crossed over them they began hassling the cops.

“These people wanted to have confrontation with the police for whatever reason.  Somehow, I guess it works to their purposes,” Kelly said.

The commissioner told reporters that the protests have cost the city about $2 million in overtime for officers assigned to cover the demonstrations.

Despite the clashes and arrests, Kelly stressed that as long as protesters followed the rules, there would be no issues.

“We are accommodating peaceful protests.  We are proud of the fact that we do that in this city. People are going to be here for an extended period of time. We’re going to accommodate them as long as they do it peacefully and in accordance with the laws and regulations,” he said.

The problem for the city and the police is even if they wanted to, they can’t evict “Occupy Wall Street” as long as they make Zuccotti Park their headquarters. It is private space that must be opened to the public

“The charter, it gives access to the park 24 hours a day, seven says a week,” Kelly said.

When asked by CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer if there was an end game, his response was carefully considered.

“You know, we’ll see. Right now they’re on private property and people who own that property don’t have the power to eject them,” he said.

But Brookfield Office Properties, which owns Zuccotti Park, seems to be slowly building a case against protesters, saying Thursday that the protestors are interfering with the use of the park by others and are creating sanitary problems.

“Sanitation is a growing concern,” Brookfield said in a statement. “Normally the park is cleaned and inspected every weeknight. . . because the protestors refuse to cooperate. . .the park has not been cleaned since Friday, September 16th and as a result, sanitary conditions have reached unacceptable levels.”

What do you make of Commissioner Kelly’s comments? Share your thoughts in the comments section…

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  • Rick O’Shea

    A collection of ne’er-do-wells who live in their own garbage.I wonder what percent are living on some sort of government handout or mama’s teat?

    • Paige Cohen

      yep

    • RuRu

      Watch out now that Obama’s Union thugs are joining in. They will try to start up some violence. Mark my words!!!

    • JP Warchild

      JP Warchild is inclined to believe that percentage is lower than the percentage of banking institutions that received TARP and other FED welfare.

      I am JP Warchild, and I overturn moneychangers tables.

  • John

    I drove through New York City two weeks ago. The metal around the place is looking rusty and unkempt. Why doesn’t the city round up these folks and hand them a paint brush?

    • ollie

      Seriously good idea!

    • Jennifer

      While a nice idea, I hate to see what lovely “painting” they come up with. Maybe some pot leaves painted on the sides of building, peace signs…OH and pictures of Che…you know he was a “freedom” fighter…not a murderer. Plus his face looks really cool on bikini bottoms. what a bunch of morons.

  • URADUMB a$$

    Just listen to them during interviews, down with Capitalism.
    #1 Most can’t spell it
    #2 Most dont know or even define it
    #3 OK out with Kaptlesict bojwah caporayshuns, replace with [silence]
    #4 As soon as midterm come they’ll be gone [preparing themselves for a JOB?]
    #5 Who actually cares what they think or want.
    CASE CLOSED

    • jasperddbgghost

      Heh, yeah down with capitalism as they listen to NPR and MSNBC on their soy-lent green produced Apple iProduct that, of course, NEVER would be the idea of capitalism.

      • Dee Smith

        that are made in CHINA
        truthmonster has it right Thanks to Barney Frank and Company

        • MayfaireOquinn

          EVERYTHING is made in China. Where have you been? News flash – BOTH of these corrupt-to-the-core parties are working to make this a one-world government. Open your eyes and smell the coffee!

    • Edgar N Valderrama

      Maybe they ARE being manipulated but I bet you don’t have the balls to put YOUR delicate ass on the line for your beliefs.

  • Sue

    Selling NYC protestor T-shirts. Front reads: Team Pee Party. Back reads Barry’s Useful Idiot.

    • Paige Cohen

      luv it

    • Dufus

      Please do not impugn idiots by comparison to Obama.

    • Rod Anders

      They need one that says … I’m a Flea Bagger

  • Truthmonster

    I wonder who the brain trust that came up with this is the same nimrod that came up with Fast & Furious. Trying to create discord with these whiny brats so funny. It’s comical they don’t know what they want. Liberals created the housing bubble which created the banking bubble which created the foreclosure bubble which created the economy bubble DUH this ain’t rocket science.

    • Paige Cohen

      God bless you. So cool to know there are people like you still around.

    • JP Warchild

      Fast & Furious has been around since 2005 or earlier.

      JP Warchild suggests reading the federal court filings.

  • Tom Avacado

    Cull the diseased heard of losers, or let a militia take over.

  • Mary Wright

    Where is mayor Bloob whatever his name is on this? Where is his leadership or is this part of his plan to self fulfill prophecies of civil unrest or worse? He should be down there with a bullhorn doing his own countodown: Don’t block public streets or sidewalks or you will be arrested. You strike or assault anyone, you will be arrested. Bada Bing.

  • S. Turner

    It is pathetic and scary that these protesters are the true faces of the democrat party. As these wackos chant against prosperity and capitolism, Wall Street is one of the biggest backers of the president… A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. What a twisted time in which we live.

    • hazeylee

      Stupid is as stupid does.

    • Paige Cohen

      it’s crazy

  • Henry

    It’s getting more and more difficult to tell the difference between a union wuss from a homeless person. I guess union bosses have been on the losing end of most negotiations…punks!

  • Mike Alright

    After these fools give up after it gets really cold out, my suspicion is the “real American Spring” will come once the weather gets nice again early next year. By then, everyone (except government workers and retired baby-boomers) will be unhappy with the state of the union.

    • Bunky

      Excuse me but why would retired baby boomers be happy with the state of the union?
      What do you know that causes you to say something like that?

  • not sure

    where’s mayor yutzberg? the silence is deafening

    • Paige Cohen

      in the Bahamas

  • Let EmFreeze

    Let these homo’s sleep there through the winter and die of frostbite

    • jasperddbgghost

      Frostbite, G(AIDS) …. take your pick.

  • Max

    I’m not going to let a few union goons hold my city hostage. Just ignore these dweebs and they will go away…

  • change0

    Are these “protestors” protesting Obama’s spending 1/2 and a billion dollars to prop up Solyndra at tax payers, who are working, expense. This is because FAT CATS who knew Solandra was failing donated to Obama. Would they protest our Dept. of Justice selling guns to drug cartels in Mexico. Our people were killed by these guns! Do these “protestors” really know who George Soros is?

  • Jamaal

    So these are obama’s foot soldiers, no wonder obama knows he’s an underdog!

  • mr e. fudd

    {t is plain wrong that the taxpayer must fund this event. The protesters should be paying for it, or the NYP should not be there.

    • Kevin Pearson

      It would be worth if the end result is that they start to riot among themselves once the stench gets so bad and they start to cannabilze themselve.

  • Brian Wilcutt

    Gerald Celente, 3 years ago, said we’d have a “revolution by the end of 2011″. He said 3 months ago, “Civil unrest in Oct/Nov, civil war in Dec/Jan”.

    He’s never been wrong, either. Google ‘em and get a chill. He’s not a mind reader or anything, he looks at statistics and trends.

    So what I’m seeing here is the beginning of the end. I don’t care who those people are that are protesting NOW, in the end all of us will be.

    • jasperddbgghost

      Especially after the election. If OMoron wins, there will be riots. If OMoron loses, there will be bigger riots. Think Planet of the Apes… cept’ in the movies the Apes were smart…..and not on welfare.

  • A. Brown

    City officials are reaping what they’ve sown. This is what happens when Democrats buy votes by promising their constituents other people’s wealth.

  • tomSERVO

    The people protesting are just what Marx labelled “useful idiots.” They are being used by forces they do not understand. Once the hidden agenda is achieved and the idiots are no longer of any use, then they will be disposed of like every other example of similar events in history.

    • Crow T. Robot

      Well said!

    • Barbara Hedges

      Obsessed with age is right. They will fall apart and sit in their Momma’s house, in their room all alone and depressed when they turn 30.Or do they think they will be young forever ? They are not against anyone working hard and getting rich. What they are against it seems is do nothing for your family and give it all to them. They are to dumb to realize the rich hard working smart people are the one’s who build a business and give them jobs, decent pay and benefits. They won’t leave anything to their families as they won’t have anything. They spend their time on welfare and trying to figure out how to get other peoples money. By the way the rich give tons of money to charity to help those in need.

    • Shelb

      Everyone can assume they are using these people, but obviously you are a moocher who is happy when others do so you can have.

  • jasperddbgghost

    Let’s fend them off with morally straight dialogue and deodorant.

  • Jade

    I am embarrassed by the mindless madness we are witnessing…I haven’t heard a compelling reason for their silly efforts yet!

    • JP Warchild

      JP Warchild will generously enlighten you as to the unified reason, which is usury fatigue.

      I am JP Warchild, and gold is money. Everything else is credit.

  • Death on a Stick

    One can only hope that a geographically highly concentrated disease will break out and thin their ranks.

    • Kevin Pearson

      That’s why I say leave them be. With the sanitation issues, maybe they will all get cholera, and if someone comes from Berkeley and brings mumps…. then the whole lot will not be bothering the next generation.

    • Shelb

      You are an ugly person and what goes around perhaps will come right back to you.

  • Barry’s CT. SSN 042-68-4425 FAILS ‘E-VERIFY’

    “All We Are Saying…Is Give Us A Bath”

  • Roy Smith

    WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW THIS PROTEST COST THE CITY 2MIL WOW…WELL WHAT ABOUT THE 600 MIL THE CITY GOT RIPPED OFF BY TURNING A BLIND EYE ON THE CITY TIME SCANDAL. CAN WE GET THAT MONEY BACK ….OR CAN WE SEND THE TOUGH COPS OF NYC AFTER THESE PEOPLE IN INDIA SOME WHERE LAUGHING AT THE USA.

    • Johnny Handsome

      Why they hell would anyone care what the people in India are doing? No one is laughing at us believe me. They are saying “its about time those wimps got up and did something.” About time they put the Big Macs down and got off their fat butts and stood up for themselves.

      • jasperddbgghost

        When I think of wimps, the first thing I think of are the liberal limp-wristed phaggs in San-Fran-Sicko. Friends of yours, right JH?

        • Johnny Handsome

          jasperddbgghost – Gee, what a come back. You are so profound. You are right up there with best thinkers of all time! You told me boy! I think I’ll go and cry in the corner now! Fracken idiot!

      • hps

        Soooooo funny YES we and others ARE laughing at you.>> know why?? YOUR NOTHING MORE than a USEFUL IDIOT.. for the UNIONS.. RADICALS.. SOROS.. etc.. and your to dumb to KNOW it.. I was around in the 60′s when this SAME GROUP of (NOW OLD PEOPLE) did the same thing right from the OLD GRANDMA PIVIN to VAN JONES.. only NOW they have USEFUL IDIOTS like you doing their bidding.. HECK they don’t even have to work.. BTW nice newspaper put out by the SORO’S funded .. TIDES FOUNDATION .. AND you really THINK ANYONE with a REAL EDUCATION thinks this is GRASS ROOTS.. it’s more like HILARY’s WOODSTOCK.. SEX .. DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL… Now it is nice of you to support CAPITALISM .. with your iphones.. internet.. Facebook.. buying food..etc.. you are adding to the incomes of MANY on WALL STREET fool.. Hope everyone of you that is getting their education paid for by parents that your parents LOSE all their money so YOU don’t waste their money any longer.. and IF your taking out loans..LOL.. well all the banks did was GIVE you the loan.. it’s YOUR school and HIGH TEACHER pay and pension that makes school so costly.. NOT the bank.. Can’t find a job look to CLINTION who signed NAFTA.. and BUSH one who signed CAFTA.. I don’t feel sorry for ANY of you.. I was raised POOR and for the levels the government has set I still am HOWEVER I am better off now than when I was a kid.. and I have what I need.. APPARENTLY you don’t.. to bad for you .. BTW what have you been eating while out there BIG MAC’S I bet..LOL.. ..

        • Johnny Handsome

          Okay…. What? Around in the 60′s? What? I’m not sure where your senile old rant is going? What are you talking about Methuselah? Take your meds and come talk when you’ve relax a tad. Someone get this man a Depends!!!

  • Johnny Handsome

    Protesting is a RIGHT every American has but please keep in mind, this is NYC. You don’t want to antagonize the NYPD. I know some of you kids have this “I can’t be hurt” or “Later for the police, I’ll do what I want” attitudes but believe me, the cops in this city need little reason to bust your head. I’m rather amazed they are being as restrained as they are – except for the case of little Mussolini spraying unarmed women crowed in a bullpen with pepper spray. Say , has he been demoted yet?

    • dat’l do it

      why? he’s a national hero.

      • Johnny Handsome

        No, he’s a criminal and should be jailed and charged with Assault and attempted murder.

    • TonyZ

      Only the left has rights in this country huh? Are you that accepting of the Tea Party protests or do you just pick and choose?

      • jasperddbgghost

        With a name like Johnny Handsome it probably picks it’s nose.

        • Johnny Handsome

          With a name like Johnny Handsome, I let your mother pick my nose. And she is very good at it silly girl.

      • caconservative

        How many arrests have been made in over 300 Tea Party rallies? Answer – Zero. Have you seen what an area that held a Tea Party protest looks like afterward? The cities don’t need to even bring in a clean up crew. The nothings on Wall Street are dirty, lazy pigs. These losers simply want others to pay for them. They want free college, incomes, housing, food, etc. What do the Tea Party people want? Government restraint and accountability. Pelosi has the nerve to call them Tea Partiers terrorists and asks God to bless the Wall Street goons.

      • Johnny Handsome

        TonyZ – I am ALL FOR these folk getting out there and sticking it to the man. I’m headed there myself after work. I am not for egging the cops on so as to bring disorder to an other wise peaceful sign of revolt. Also,I can’t stand the teabaggers. Prior to them, being taken over by the Republican party, they were a voice to be heard. Now they are full of idiots and Klans men – The GOP in other words.

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