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Saturday, September 24, 2011

80 people arrested at 'Occupy Wall Street' protest | The Associated Press | Nation | Washington Examiner

80 people arrested at 'Occupy Wall Street' protest | The Associated Press | Nation | Washington Examiner: About 80 people have been arrested as demonstrators who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange marched through lower Manhattan.

The "Occupy Wall Street" protest is entering its second week. Demonstrators said Saturday that they are protesting bank bailouts, the mortgage crisis and Georgia's execution of Troy Davis.

At Manhattan's Union Square, police tried to corral the demonstrators using orange plastic netting. Some of the arrests were filmed and activists posted the videos online.

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