Dozens arrested in Wall Street as police clash with thousands of protesters trying to paralyse Manhattan in ‘day of action’

New York is today facing major disruption as tens of thousands of protesters are expected to flood into Manhattan to support Occupy Wall Street as the movement celebrates its two-month anniversary.

Starting off: About 500 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched from a New York park to the stock exchange for a protest that the movement against economic inequality hoped would attract thousands of people

Protesters began amassing in lower Manhattan this morning to begin a ‘day of action’ in which they are expected to try to paralyse New York’s subway system. Sixty of them have already been arrested.

Riot police arrested protesters who sat on the ground and blocked traffic into the financial district on Thursday, hauling several protesters to their feet and handcuffing them one block from Wall Street.

‘All day, all week, shut down Wall Street!’ the crowd chanted. After several arrests, most of the protesters retreated down the street. A line of riot police followed them. ‘You do not have a parade permit! You are blocking the street!’ a police officer told protesters through a loudspeaker. The congestion brought taxis and delivery trucks to a halt. source – Daily Mail UK