ATLANTA — Across the country Tuesday, protesters gathered to show solidarity with those in New York or to seek action.
About 50 protesters gathered on the steps of City Hall in downtown Atlanta.
Protesters staged a sit-in Tuesday in front of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office to try to stop health care cuts.
Hip-hop mogul and political activist Russell Simmons told protesters at the Occupy Boston encampment Tuesday that it will take dramatic action to rid the American political system of corporate influence. Occupy Boston demonstrators also filed a lawsuit as a pre- emptive strike against any attempt to remove them.
Police in Ohio arrested seven Occupy protesters for refusing to leave a Columbus bank. The Rev. Jesse Jackson planned to join Occupy Cincinnati at a rally.
A group of key Occupy Portland demonstrators say they’re breaking off ties with the city and police amid allegations that police used excessive force when they broke up a downtown camp that protesters had held for five weeks.
