NYPD begins arresting Occupy Wall Street protestors after luring them onto Brooklyn Bridge
Channel: willgmcc
Date: 02/10/2011

After escorting Occupy Wall Street about 1/3 of the way out onto the Brooklyn Bridge, the NYPD abruptly stopped us and began arresting people. This was a surprise, since up to this point they were walking with us and neither I nor anyone around me heard any officer ask us to stop. We were under the impression this was a police-condoned escort, as they've done many times in the past. They also blocked us in from the rear, so it was impossible to leave. As they began arresting, we were forced in from both sides so that people began to get crushed in the middle. Officers at the front kept saying we could go back the way we came, apparently unaware that there were other police behind us refusing to let us leave. The NYPD announced later that they arrested over 700 people, which ironically blocked the bridge for many hours longer than if they'd allowed to protest to cross to the other side and then arrested us there.