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"Corporate Zombies" Continue Occupy Wall Street Protests

David McAlpine |
October 3, 2011 | 4:28 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

Occupy Wall Street protesters take to the streets of New York. (Photo via Creative Commons by _SPaulS_)
Occupy Wall Street protesters take to the streets of New York. (Photo via Creative Commons by _SPaulS_)
Protesters called for support Monday in their stand against police brutality as the members of the Occupy Wall Street movement showed no signs of letting up their demonstration against corporate greed and other financial issues.

Members also urged others to keep with Monday's theme in continue with a consistent message.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Group spokesman Patrick Bruner urged protesters to dress up as zombies and eat Monopoly money to let financial workers "see us reflecting the metaphor of their actions." As the encampment slowly began waking up Monday morning, several dozen police officers stood in formation across the street.

One camper set up a table with tubes of makeup and stacks of fake money and applied white makeup to the face of a young woman.
John Hildebrand, 24, an unemployed teacher from Norman, Okla., sat up in his sleeping bag around 10 a.m. He said he arrived Saturday after getting a cheap plane ticket to New York.

"My issue is corporate influence in politics," he said. "I would like to eliminate corporate financing from politics."

More than 700 protesters were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend, which enraged many that were taking part in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Union bus drivers working for New York City's MTA were also not please with NYPD actions over the weekend. The union filed a lawsuit to stop the NYPD from forcing bus drivers to leave scheduled bus routes to escort those they're arresting.

From the Associated Press:

The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan by the Transport Workers Union of Greater New York. The lawsuit said police officers on Saturday ordered bus drivers in Brooklyn to drive to the Brooklyn Bridge where police made more than 700 arrests in the Occupy Wall Street campaign.

The lawsuit asks for a court order to stop the police department from using city bus drivers to transport people arrested by police. The city Law Department said in a statement that the NYPD's actions were proper.

Members on both sides expect demonstrations to go well into next week, if not longer.

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