Occupy Wall Street - 5 Minutes of Slow Motion Video - September 17 Uploaded by embrown23 on Sep 18, 2011 I was curious to see how this event would play out, so I shot from 8pm to 10pm on September 17 at the General Assembly in Zuccotti Park. I was touched by the sense of community, and impressed by the level of cooperation and discipline among the occupiers. The police presence was large, but they seemed to be under orders not to escalate conflict. Both sides were respectful and non-confrontational.

Occupy Wall Street: The Area Around much of the area is actually cornered off to the public.

"I't tired of people being screwed over"

Occupy Wall St. March to Zucotti Park

Media Blackout Ignores Thousands of US Day of Rage Protesters

By Jason Easley, PoliticusUSA

18 September 11

Most Americans are being kept in the dark about the US Day of Rage by the corporate cable news giants at CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC who have imposed a de facto blackout on the protest.

Even though estimates have varied from hundreds to as many as 50,000 protesters flooded into Manhattan and others cities to take part in events around the country to, "nonviolently disrupt the disloyal, incompetent, and corrupt special interests which have usurped our nation's civil and military power, spawning a host of threats to our liberty, lives and national security," the three cable news networks have devoted no airtime to the story.

This is becoming an all too familiar scene. In Wisconsin hundreds of thousands of regular people took to the streets each weekend to protest the theft of their rights, and were completely ignored by CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. READ MORE

The day has arrived when #occupywallstreet became a manifestation of reality rather than a meme circulating around the interwebz today. After rigorous organization among Presstorm staff, we came to conclude that there would be little to no mainstream media coverage of this event. As it seems, we were in fact one of few media outlets covering this event and are proud to say that day 1 of this event was peaceful and full of lively passion....

The day began with protesters gathering in New York City near Wall Street only to find that it had been blocked off proactively by authorities causing protesters to (instead of joining each other in solidarity) gather in small groups in various places. It seemed to have continued on this way throughout the day as some groups marched and paraded while others gathered in clusters listening to each other chant and shout. Other smaller groups played music and mingled cheerfully among each other showing support for each of their individual reasons for being at this event. Although this issue is a bit unclear (reading from the live blog tweets versus our journalists on the ground) - either way - Wall Street was in fact blocked off. READ MORE

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They’re making a stand for people’s rights over corporations’, and the local New York news station says that this isn’t just a liberal thing:

Here’s a glimpse into what protesters are thinking:

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