Protesters
surge, New York mayor warns them to stay away from banks
Saturday October 08, 2011 08:15:20 AM,
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New York City's weeks-long 'Occupy
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a large march through the United States' financial capital in
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New York: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has
warned the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters in his weekly radio
show, saying attacks on banks could harm one of the city's major
employers.
"Everyone's got a thing they want to protest, some of which is not
realistic," said Bloomberg Friday. "You can't have it both ways:
If you want jobs you have to assist companies and give them
confidence to go and hire people."
Bloomberg also warned the protesters "if anybody in the city
breaks the law we will arrest them and turn them over (to) the
district attorneys."
Bloomberg attacked the labour unions who joined the protests this
week, saying "their salaries come from - are paid by - some of the
people they're trying to vilify".
The Occupy Wall Street protests emerged Sep 17, with only a few
dozen demonstrators -- mostly young people -- trying to erect
tents before the New York Stock Exchange. With access denied by
the police, they turned to Zuccotti Park as their camping ground.
The number of participants has since grown to hundreds, Xinhua
reported.
The protesters voice against corporate greed, social inequality,
climate change and other problems, but have so far failed to
render any clear political demand or reform scheme.
Nevertheless, they have found vehement support from people of
various walks of life, as an increasing number of Americans are
frustrated by the country's slow recovery from the three-year
recession and persisting high unemployment rate of 9.1 percent.
While thousands of New York City union workers and university
students took to the streets in downtown Manhattan Wednesday to
show their support for Occupy Wall Street, the movement has also
spread to other US cities including Chicago, Los Angeles,
Washington D.C. and Boston.
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