The Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zuccotti Park in New York’s financial district on September 17 2011.
The catchphrase was :“We are the 99 percent”.
But, November 15 2011, the New York Police Department have been clearing the park where Occupy Wall Street protesters have been camped since September.
Here are some pictures and videos I made during my visit.
Below some videos.
Occupy Wall Street in New York City. from philippe le vessier on Vimeo.
Here is the Occupy Wall Street Band playing In Zuccotti Park, re-named Liberty Square by the occupiers.
Untitled from philippe le vessier on Vimeo.
I went in Zuccotti Park during the first snow fall of winter in New York, October 29, 2011. It was the first time in history that more than an inch had fallen before Halloween in NYC.
Unrelenting high winds tormented the occupation with freezing sleet and snow while temperatures fell into the low 30s. Many tents to collapsed under the conditions, leaving occupiers' possessions vulnerable to the elements.
A week before police evicted protesters from Zuccotti Park, Tim Weldon quit his job in Connecticut to be closer to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
