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OWS Protesters Calling For 3-Course Meal Of Demonstrations Thursday Throughout NYC

'Day Of Action' Will Involve 'Good-Sized' Numbers, Impacting All 5 Boroughs

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Protesters celebrate after re-entering Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Protesters celebrate after re-entering Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Occupy Wall Street

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It’s not over yet. In fact, it may be just beginning.

New York City leaders are warning that thousands of protesters could converge on Manhattan on Thursday. The NYPD is now getting ready for the next stage of “Occupy Wall Street” protests, reports CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer.

Photos: Police Raid Zuccotti Park

It may have looked peaceful at Zuccotti Park during what was a soggy Wednesday afternoon, but city officials are sounding alarm about Thursday, warning of mass disruptions in all five boroughs.

And it may not be pretty.

“We are certainly anticipating tens of thousands of people protesting, aimed at significant disruptions of the lives of the people of this city,” Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said.

WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb reports from City Hall


It was an unusual impromptu press conference called by City Hall to share intelligence about an international “day of action” by Occupy Wall Street on the movement’s two-month anniversary. Deputy Mayors Cass Holloway and Wolfson said they expect it to be big, but they said the NYPD is ready.

“Make no mistake, public safety is first and foremost, and we have to ensure that the city can run. People need to drive down the streets and use essential services,” Holloway said.

1010 WINS’ John Montone reports


“Any time you have a situation in which you are anticipating tens of thousands of people protesting on a massive scale, you take it seriously and our forces will be deployed accordingly,” Wolfson added.

Already angry over their eviction from Zuccotti Park, the protesters are planning breakfast, lunch, and dinner protests on Thursday:

The breakfast plan is to “shut down” Wall Street. It’s all expected to start with a rally in Liberty Square starting at 7 a.m. to “put an end to Wall Street’s reign of terror.”

“We’re going to march on Wall Street and shut down the New York Stock Exchange,” protester Patrick Bruner told CBS 2′s Sean Hennessey on Wednesday night.

“We do hope to stop people getting to work. We do hope to stop the stock exchange from functioning, but we don’t hope to do it in a crazy wild-eyed way,” added Austin Guest.

The lunch menu will feature protesters looking to “occupy” the subways in all five boroughs. They plan on gathering at 16 subways stations to take their message to the trains.

And dinner is set up as a takeover of Foley Square, followed by a march to the Brooklyn Bridge.

LISTEN: 1010 WINS Glenn Schuck reports


Bill Dobbs is one of the organizers.

“Tomorrow is going to be a day of action around the city,” Dobbs said. “I’m looking forward to going after wall street and also galvanizing public support and awareness of what we’re about.”

The organizers and those at Zuccotti Park on Wednesday offered few details of what they’re going to do, but when Kramer asked Dobbs how many he was expecting, he was only partially coy.

“I think there will be good-sized numbers tomorrow,” he said. “I think the message is really about who gets what in this country. We are the 99 percent. Who gets the safety net? And who gets thrown under the bus?”

To be sure, there is lingering resentment about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to evict Occupy Wall Street, but it’s unclear if that anger will be on display Thursday.

“Awful, unconscionable, the mayor and police commissioner do that for a long while. Like other people in power, they think if they get rid of the protesters, they will also get rid of the cause,” Dobbs said.

City officials have refused to say how close they will let the protesters get to their main targets, but they insisted they’re ready for anything.

 OWS Protesters Calling For 3 Course Meal Of Demonstrations Thursday Throughout NYC

Occupy Wall Street day of action poster (credit: occupywallst.org)

The OWS website says similar days of action are also planned at Occupy sites around the country and around the world.

After Tuesday’s raid of Zuccotti Park that cleared it of tents, sleeping bags and tarps, protesters marched to Foley and Duarte Square where they distributed a poster about Thursday’s day of action.

LISTEN: WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell reports


City leaders who were against the raid at Zuccotti are also set to participate.

While the official movement is planning its day of action, other individuals seem to be making plans of their own.

In a video posted on YouTube after protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park, a demonstrator in the crowd says “On the 17th, we’re going to burn New York City to the ground.”

Warning: Graphic Language – Watch the video below:

Later in the video, he then goes on to say “No more talking. They’ve got guns, we’ve got bottles. They’ve got bricks, we’ve got rocks…in a few days you’re going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to Macy’s.”

The official movement is calling for only non-violent action during its marches and rallies on Thursday.

What do you think about the OWS day of action? Sound off below in our comments section…

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  • Uncle Feng

    SO these slackers would rather mouth off in the streets than find jobs and try to be a viable part of society?

    I am in the 1% and I have worked my fvcking azz off day in and day out for the last 30 year to get where I am. Get the grades, go to school and get a life.

    No compassion for these losers from me.

    • deaconbob

      Thank you, sir for the jobs you create.

    • julius_weisenheimer

      You sound like the f*cking, Commie ch*nk that took my job under Multicultural Cronyism or Affirmative Action. Go f*ck yourself.

  • D

    There are hundreds of effective things people could do to make a difference but they don’t involve chatting on facebook, partying, pooping on the streets, taking drugs and blowing other people’s money on luxury food and making up random slogans until the party is over. They don’t want to know what it takes to have a positive effect because they don’t really care.

  • steve

    or perhaps a whiff of grape and a troop of cavalry…

  • Joshua Arguien

    Isn’t that just like a hippie? Brings a bottle, to a gun fight.

  • Fred17

    Destruction is their capability. Whining is their motto. Doing something constructive is unthinkable.

  • norway

    bring it on – you’re about to experience mace and water. great combination.

    enjoy jail time

  • Rick

    Stay out of my way OWS… I have work to do and money to make… I am a 53% and don’t have time for your OWS BULL $h1t !!

  • Claire

    The 99% are at work in those buildings around the protesters. This mob represents the 1%….the bottom 1% who demand it all FREE.

  • Carl Thisgus

    Arrest them all, fine them thousands of dollars. We all need to pay our fair share.

  • Edward Riepe

    If this happens in other cities it sounds like an opportune moment for Obama to implement Rex84. Google that.

  • Pogmo

    Lock that bum up. Threatening to bomb Macy’s surely must be a crime.

    • Edward Manhattan

      Where is our President on this matter? OH yeah, he said he supports them. Got Voter’s Remorse?

      • Marcy G

        Enjoying another vacation in Hawaii with the fam…..

        • Rush limpball

          Whenever the Commander and Chief goes to Hawaii the US should be on high alert. Its not just a vacation spot. Its the only piece of land with the highest population of mobilized military and home to one of the most secure nuclear base facilities in the world.

          if you believe that I have some land I want to sell you on Wall Street, its a bit crowded right now, but should be vacated soon, might be some body parts and stains on the property but will have that in the clause you sign. Love – Rush

  • Steve Adams

    NYPD.. shoot to kill, boys.

    • Creepy Camper

      How many had to die at Kent State? Please don’t give Young any ammo for an attempted come back… I like his tunes the way they are.

  • Phil

    When they threaten violence it seems to me it is time to activate the National Guard and get rid of them. We do not need this kind of anger in America.

    • Jeff Sayin

      One idiot who has now been arrested does not speak for the OWS movement which has always been about nonviolent civil disobedience …just like MLK and Gandhi.

      Just because all you OWS haters cheer each other based on lies regurgitated from Fox News does not make it true.

      And I note that it is you hypocrite Phil advocating violence (“get rid of them”) – not OWS.

  • don

    this is total propaganda peice

    • http://leterrip.wordpress.com leterrip

      Don, “i before e, except after c…”

      Actually, it would take an electron scanning microscope to find a worthwhile idea among this crowd of revolutionary brats.

  • Pounce Kitty

    Impotent clowns, impotent message, life will go on with or without them.

  • Susan Gate

    These lunatics should be in an asylum.

    • David

      Instead they’re out and about and actually able to vote. Entirely too many people are allowed to vote.

  • LINDA

    ALL OBAMA HAS TO DO IS MAKE ONE PHONE CALL TO STOP THIS BEHAVIOR THIS WILL END UP HURTING HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN THE LONG RUN OUR PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN STOP THIS …. THIS IS A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR ALL THE RETAIL BUSINESSES NO ONE WILL BE SHOPPING …

    • JD Truth

      Obummer has supported it from the beginning. This is his “Army”. NYC hopefully wakes up soon. Need another mayor like Rudy as well.

    • ss12

      Obama endorsed these folks so he obviously supports them. Go Big O. You da Man. You statist media tells us how smart you are so it must be a good thing. Your community organizing skills are finally being used nationally.

    • Statesrule

      When do you think you will realize he is one of them?

  • JD truth

    keep voting for the dems this is what you get. This is all orchestrated, nothing real just a diversion by Obummer leftist ilk.

  • dave

    ows are a bunch of lazy morons!

  • fisherKing

    Anon get’s punked out by the Zetas. This mob not only remains silent on real evil in the world, like gladiator fights organized by the cartel, they support them by selling their dope.

    I am happy these people don’t have wealth and will probably never have it in their lives. They would be worse than al-Qaeda. Think HH Holmes.

  • Dor

    A bunch of infants.

  • steve

    front end loaders and dump trucks…

    • Dan in Twin Cities

      Soylent Green! Yummo! ; )

    • iamworking

      Now THAT’s a truly brilliant solution and I’m not being sarcastic… they are asking for it…… what a bunch of cry babies………

  • Rush

    “Starting at 7:00 a.m.”?

    Can’t be…

    Hippies don’t usually get outta bed – or up off the floor – til at least noon…

    • ss12

      Under Frank and Dodd’s plan they can own a home in suburbs. They don’t need an income, don’t need to pay for a house. This is the best of all worlds for these folks…call Barney and get home guys.

      • http://ny9solyndra.wordpress.com NY9Solyndra

        Maybe they should call this the Peggy Joseph movement.

    • Pretzel Logic

      I was thinking the EXACT same thing. They don’t know what 7:00 *a.m.* is.

      • http://ny9solyndra.wordpress.com NY9Solyndra

        7:00 a.m. is when the maid makes too much noise she arrives to clean the house!

  • Candy

    I am very curious as to what the goal is here…What are these people trying to accomplish? Maybe instead of living in the park, they should organize and set up something constructive, something similar to job fairs.

    • Pete Lanteri

      Should be obvious by now. Collapse the capitalist system and replace it with communism!

      • JPrimus

        We’ll be sure to put you against up the wall too, Pete, when the time comes. No blindfold.

        • idoofus

          @jprimus – I really wish you all would come visit if you really want to push that agenda. Don’t show up on Wednesday evening or Saturday morning though – I’m at the range at those times.

          Re Candy and the job fairs: a job is the last thing they really want. If they did why would they, as one personson was complaining about, spend $96000 for a degree in gay, hispanic studies? Anyone taking that type of course wants it all for free.

      • Dan in Twin Cities

        It’s the Cloward & Piven Plan playing itself out.

        Just as predicted.

    • uisignorant

      I guess you never watched Glenn Beck. For a year he talked about this coming and was labeled a hate monger.

  • mak

    That’s real smart. The 1% either drives to work or is taken by limo or cab. It’s the 99% who takes the subways and they are the ones who are going to be affected by this subway ‘action’.

    Can somebody please stop these people? Their’rage’ is really starting to step all over my nerves. In fact, I could be developing my own ‘rage’.

    • Guest

      You’re talking common sense. These people have none. They wear Che Guevara shirts, poop in the streets, complain about having to pay back their student loans for their Chicano Studies degree and blog with the IPads about how they can’t get a job.

    • Clo

      My thoughts exactly!!!

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