(Photos by Richard Grayson)
New York, Oct. 14 -
The Pinal County Greens today participated in a march with Occupy Wall Street, whose protest the group supports wholeheartedly. Here is a brief report from Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson:
At 7:20 a.m., we came out of the 5 train at Wall Street to join the march of Occupy Wall Street protestors through the Financial District. An hour earlier, the city postponed the cleanup of Zuccotti Park and so averted a a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.
The crowd chanted various slogans, including "The Whole World Is Watching."
It was pretty peaceful and mostly celebratory, given that there would be no eviction from Zuccotti Park (renamed Liberty Square by #OWS) today.
However, we did see people arrested as we wound our way through the streets of the Financial District. One man, wrestled to the ground by police, had a bloody gash on his face and others were piled into a paddy wagon at Maiden Lane and Water Street.
Eventually we all returned to Zuccotti Park.
We ran into our friends, Brooklyn City Council members Jumaane Williams and Letitia James, who were instrumental, along with other elected officials, in convincing Brookfield Properties to postpone today's cleanup and avoid any real serious confrontation.
We're learning a lot from other people here at Occupy Wall Street.
The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County, the nation's second-fastest-growing county.
