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Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (credit: NYC.gov)

Charges Against NYC Councilman Dropped In Occupy-Related Arrest

Manhattan prosecutors said they couldn’t prove the case against Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez because they didn’t have an account from a key figure — a female officer whom Rodriguez is accused of trying to push.

2012/04/04

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Occupy Wall Street March Across Brooklyn Bridge To Mark Arrests

Occupy Wall Street Protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, marking six months since demonstrators were arrested walking the same route.

2012/04/01

Police say surveillance video shows suspects chaining open an emergency exit inside a subway station on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (credit: NYPD)

Police Looking For Suspects Accused Of Chaining Open Subway Doors For Free Rides

Occupy Wall Street announced on its website that “a team of activists” opened more than 20 stations in Brooklyn and Manhattan by taping MetroCard readers at turnstiles and propping open emergency exits.

2012/03/31

Trayvon Martin (credit: Handout via CBS 2)

Sharpton Promises Protests Over Shooting Of Fla. Teenager Trayvon Martin

Rev. Al Sharpton says organizers would hold a series of nonviolent protests calling for the arrest of the crime watch volunteer who confronted the unarmed black teenager because he thought he looked “suspicious,” and then shot him.

2012/03/24

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Hundreds With Occupy Wall Street Rally Against Police Brutality

About 500 Occupy members marched from Zuccotti Park to Union Square with the family of John Collado, who was shot by a plain clothes police officer last fall.

2012/03/24

Surveillance image of what police say is an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator pouring human waste inside a Chase Bank ATM vestibule on Water Street. (credit: NYPD)

NYPD Says OWS Dumped Feces & Urine In ATM Vestibule And Down Stairs

After a witness provided a license plate number of the van allegedly used to transport the waste, authorities apprehended 25-year-old Jordan Brooks Amos, of Philadelphia, two days after the incidents.

2012/03/21

Occupy Wall Street protesters in Union Square Park on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 (credit: Robert Pluma)

Hundreds Of OWS Protesters, NYPD Clash In Union Square Park

Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street movement are now calling Union Square their new home base after a dramatic and sometimes violent face-off between police and protesters stretched into the early morning hours.

2012/03/21

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks on Coney Island - Brooklyn, NY - Feb 28, 2012 (credit: Spencer T Tucker / Mayor's Office)

Bloomberg Defends NYPD Despite Criticism Over Handling Of Occupy Wall Street Protests

Some New York City Council members contend the NYPD used excessive force in its handling of the weekend protests, but Bloomberg refuted the notion, saying the police know how to handle a crowd.

2012/03/19

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Tweeter Behind Alleged Occupy Threat Against NYPD Speaks Out

Police spokesman Paul Browne confirmed Sunday that the department was seeking a subpoena to identify the person.

2012/03/18

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street participate in a 'spring training' protest outside the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Occupy Wall Street Activists Differ On Organization’s Direction

After police broke up a rally at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park and arrested dozens, Occupy Wall Street protesters said their movement would pick up momentum.

2012/03/18

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street participate in a 'spring training' protest outside the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Dozens Of Arrests As Protestors Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park To Kick-Off Spring Offensive

As spring approaches, Occupy Wall Street protesters who mostly hibernated all winter are beginning to stir with plans for renewed demonstrations six months after the movement was born.

2012/03/17

Mitt Romney (left) and Chris Christie (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Gov. Christie To Hold Lunchtime Rally For Romney In Illinois

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will return to the stump for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday. Christie will host a lunchtime “Romney for President” rally at Elmhurst College in Illinois.

2012/03/15

Occupy Wall Street protesters, dressed as billionaires, stage a demonstration against US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (Photo credit EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney, Attending Fundraisers In NYC And Stamford, Met By OWS Protesters

At the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, several hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters greeted Romney harshly, walking around the hotel behind a black urn they said represented “job cremation.”

2012/03/14

Community activists and over 200 members of the Occupy Wall Street movement march in the impoverished community of East New York to draw attention to foreclosed homes in the community on December 6, 2011 in Brooklyn. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Report: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Complain About Police Surveillance

The New York Police Department’s surveillance of muslims has garnered intense scrutiny and prompted a backlash, and now the Occupy movement is apparently upset about expanded surveillance as well.

2012/03/12

Occupy Wall Street's "Major Day Of Action" in New York City (credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Occupy Wall Street Running Out Of Money In NYC

A financial report on the group’s General Assembly website says at “the current rate of expenditure” the occupiers will be “out of money in THREE WEEKS.”

2012/03/10

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