US police arrest more 99-percenters

The arrests came after a scuffle broke out between 99-percenters and police forces along the route of the march from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on Saturday.

“There were a few arrests, but we don’t have a final number yet,” a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokeswoman said.

The NYPD dispatched a large number of forces, including several on horseback and a helicopter, to curb the protest.

The Saturday protests were in reaction to the police raid on last week’s protests during the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, held in the Zuccotti Park, the focal point of the anti-Wall Street campaign in New York’s financial district.

Dozens of anti-capitalist protesters were arrested as police forces stormed the park, pulling people from the crowd by force one by one and leading them out of the park in handcuffs.

Demonstrators say their movement will be revived by their presence after the anti-wall street movement lost momentum during the cold months in winter.

The Occupy protesters say they are against the dominance of the top one percent and social inequality in America.

The Occupy movement emerged after a group of people on September 17 rallied in New York’s financial district under the motto of ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ protesting corruption, poverty as well as social inequality in the US.

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