Two days after the battle to stay in Zuccotti/Liberty Square in New York, protesters of Occupy Wall Street are marching towards the Stock Exchange today, promising to shut it down:
2220 GMT: Foley Square tonight:
2140 GMT: Marchers are reportedly congregating in Union Square and Foley Square, with more people moving down New York's avenues to join them.
The crowd on Broadway and Union Square West:
Another shot of Union Square:
2135 GMT: Police say at least 177 people were arrested today and claim seven officers were injured.
A protester, head bloodied, is led away (Photo: Chang Lee of New York Times):
She follows up, "Mass arrests and violence on Broad and Beaver. Officer hit my arm with club. Another photog got shoved. Police beat protesters."
Reports are coming in of arrests --- Al Jazeera's Cath Turner writes, "At least a dozen #ows protesters handcuffed and lined up against a wall. Police forming a line and pushing us back. 'No permit, you gotta go'." James Foley messages, "About 25 just arrested for sitting down."A picture of protesters linking arms at Beaver and Broadway:
Josh Harkinson of Mother Jones, who provided front-line reporting on the struggle for Liberty Square on Tuesday, is back: "Occupiers had the street here and cops shoved them out. It was like a football game, but the cops ultimately had more brawn."
A view from behind police lines at Beaver and Broadway: