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Story developing… UPDATE: The Mercury-News is live-blogging from the scene. Hundreds of police in riot gear continue to move into the camp and arrest people. Already dozens have been arrested and the camp destroyed. Most of the arrests seem relatively peaceful. Some have moved out on their own. There is massive amounts of destruction at the camp. Police tore down …

Tonight’s rally for homeless LGBT youth was quite well attended with hundreds of activists, queer youth, and members of the media crowding Manhattan’s Union Square. The event was hosted by the Ali Forney Center, whose executive director Carl Siciliano roused the crowd with exhortations to do better by the city’s homeless kids. Also speaking was actress and longtime LGBT youth …

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Yesterday an Occupy Wall Street protester was bloodied by an NYPD supervisor who now claims that the protester attempted to elbow him as the crowd passed. The cop’s attack on Felix Rivera-Pitre was caught on camera and became an internet sensation at once. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said in a statement that cops are looking to arrest Rivera-Pitre for …

“The cop just lunged at me full throttle and hit me on the left side of my face. It tore my earring out. I remember seeing my earring on the ground next to me and it was full of blood. I was completely dumbstruck. I’m HIV positive and that cop should get tested.” – Occupy Wall Street protester Felix Rivera-Pitre, …

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Occupy Wall Street protesters will turn their ire on uptown’s billionaires today as they march on the Upper East Side townhouses of Tea Party kingpin David Koch, among others. Gothamist breaks it down: Organized by the Working Families Party and New York Communities for Change, they will be going by the apartment buildings of Tea Party-lovin’ richest man in NYC …

JMG reader Max sends us his clip from yesterday as the Wall Street protest movement continues its spread to dozens of cities.