Its getting kind of crazy now and ramped up according to the live blogs ---------------------------------
2:48 PMMatthew Lysiak It's full blown mayhem at Zuccotti right now. A lot of protesters running...jumping over the barricades.
4:12 PMKaren ZraickMayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly will update New Yorkers at 3:40 p.m. after visiting with injured NYPD personnel at Bellevue Hospital.
(these useful idiot morons are absolutely delusional! - blackseal)
4:15 PMAnjali MullanyOver 700 protesters - mostly in their early 20s - are taking part in an energetic rally in Union Square, where our Kerry Burke is on the scene.
Free education is a theme of the speeches. It seems this particular protest was organized by Occupy Wall Street protesters from the New School.
When a young man shouted, "We are the students of New York City and we demand a free education!", the crowd exploded in cheers.
When a young woman from Pratt declared, "Education should be as free as air and water," she was received with big cheers.
4:02 PMAnjali MullanyIn Union Square, the crowd has swelled to over 500 protesters.
Using the human mic, protesters called out to ask which schools are represented at the rally.
"NYU? - the crowd exploded.
"Hunter?" - the crowd exploded.
"Any CUNY school?" - the crowd exploded.
"Columbia?" - dead silence. After some nervous laughter, the boos rang out.
Now 8 speakers are slated to speak.
Thanks to Kerry Burke in Union Square for this report.
3:55 PMAnjali MullanyKerry Burke is at Union Square, where he says about 400 protesters have congregated at the north side of the park. About 100 of the protesters walked up University Place from NYU.
It's raining, and there are more umbrellas on the scene than signs. The protesters are chanting:
"Students and workers, shut the city down!" "Money for jobs and education, not police and corporations!"
Meanwhile, Jennifer Cunningham is following several hundred protesters as they march up to Union Square past City Hall, chanting "Hey hey! Ho ho! Bloomberg has got to go!"
Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park_The_NYPDs_raid_on_Occupy_Wall_Street_NYC#ixzz1dznqdQD2