Arrests at Occupy party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Protesters clash with cops in hipster 'hood
By John Doyle / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 1:36 AM
John Doyle/New York Daily News
Police made arrests after busting up a party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as Occupy Wall Street protesters tried to take over a building at N. Eighth and Driggs Sts. in an event billed as the "Challenge to property relations party" Saturday night.
DOZENS of partying Occupy Wall Street protesters descended on hipster Brooklyn Saturday night, clashing with police, throwing garbage cans and drinking beer out of a vacant luxury building.
The night was billed as a “Challenge to property relations party” in which the group planned to take over a building at the corner of N. Eighth and Driggs Sts. in Williamsburg, according to a flyer.
They hung Christmas lights, spray painted slogans like “F--k the police” and “Life is Protest” on the building walls, but were civilized enough to pack some beer on ice in the empty building at 208 N. Eighth St.
When police were called to bust up the party just before 11 p.m., the group of 30 party-hardy protesters marched down to the corner of N. Sixth and Bedford Sts. — in front of a New York Muffins shop — and began to chant their slogans, block traffic and toss garbage cans in the street.
Several police were injured in the fracas and a handful of protesters were arrested, witnesses and cops said.
John Doyle
The night was billed as a “Challenge to property relations party” in which the group planned to take over a building at the corner of N. Eighth and Driggs Sts. in Williamsburg, according to a flyer.
They hung Christmas lights, spray painted slogans like “F--k the police” and “Life is Protest” on the building walls, but were civilized enough to pack some beer on ice in the empty building at 208 N. Eighth St.
When police were called to bust up the party just before 11 p.m., the group of 30 party-hardy protesters marched down to the corner of N. Sixth and Bedford Sts. — in front of a New York Muffins shop — and began to chant their slogans, block traffic and toss garbage cans in the street.
Several police were injured in the fracas and a handful of protesters were arrested, witnesses and cops said.
John Doyle
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