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Video made and narrated by AMERICAblog reader Rob C, who sends the following report:
Victory!!! At 6:30AM, the mayor and NYPD backed down. Zuccotti Park is still in OWS control!Video 1: 5:45AM on Broadway, Friday October 14, 2011 - the anticipation as to whether or not they'll be arrested.
We had about 1500 at Midnight. The crowd started to grow around 4:30 and continued until 7:00AM. I'd estimate the crowd that was there to meet the police action and resist at approximately 6,500.
The crowd was unified, defiant, and the majority were ready to get arrested if necessary.
Around 6:00AM, General Assembly was called. The legal work group reviewed instructions for getting arrested and had each person in the crowd buddy up. We were instructed to get our buddy's name, phone number, medical info, and other pertinence info to ensure they could be assisted once arrested.
Video 2: This video is quite interesting, it's the "General Assembly" meeting this morning, when the crowd was being briefed on what to do regarding their possible imminent arrest. There's no light, so you won't see much, but listen - since there are no megaphones, and no electricity for a sound system, the speaker says a sentence, then the crowd near her repeats it so that others can hear it, then the crowd further back repeats what the near crowd said, again to propel the sound backwards so that everyone can hear it. It's basically a human megaphone. Something I'd never heard of before.
Video 3: Finally, the crowd celebrates in cheers as they realize that Mayor Bloomberg has backed down, they're not going to be cleared out.
