Occupy Wall Street

By keastonpasd

  • Help supporting OWS

    The activist hacking group Anonymous releases a video supporting Occupy Wall Street and uses twitter to promote it.

  • The day it all started.

    First day of the OWS gathering at Zuccotti Park, located in New York city's wall street financial disctrict. Estimated 1000 people.

  • Getting attention

    a rally and march in zuccotti park gets attention of the newspaper, food supply chain, and internet.

  • Arrests.

    Atleasts 80 arrests of people protesting.

  • Pilots get involved

    Over 700 Continental and United pilots, joined by additional pilots from other Air Line Pilots Association carriers, demonstrate in front of Wall Street

  • Peaceful march

    More than 1,000 demonstrators, including representatives from various labor organizations hold a peaceful march to the NYDP headquarters.

  • Getting support from unions.

    Many of America's largest unions announce their support for Occupy Wall Street while there is a huge march in manhattan.

  • NYC Mayor speaks

    NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg states that as long as the protesters operate under the law they will not be arrested.

  • They dont have to leave.

    Brookfield Properties says that it will not force the protesters (OWS) to leave Zuccotti Park.

  • President is involved.

    Obama extended support to the protesters.

  • Noticed by a canadate for the republican presidential primaries.

    Candate for the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, mentions OWS protesters, suggesting they "go get a job right after they take a bath."

  • 3 month anniversary of the protests

    Protesters were trying to get into a park that was fenced off by a church to protest, climbing fences and breaking parts of it down to allow more protesters in minutes before the police showed up, arresting 58.

  • They got through to some people

    On this day the capitalism was being rethought about and they altered the politcal landscape.

  • Occupy wall streets one year anniversary

    People protested on this day and 185 of them were arrested.

  • Protesters were given money for being pepper sprayed for no good reason.

    New york agrees to pay a total of $322,500 to siz protesters of occupy wall street who were pepper sprayed while being peacefully corraled behind police netting in september of 2011.