Russell Simmons Was Prepared To Go To Jail With Occupy Wall Street Protesters
Nothing wrong with standing up for what you believe in.
This morning, Russell Simmons was just one of the many protesters facing jail time in New York as Mayor Bloomberg had ordered a "clean up" of the group's base in Zuccotti Park yesterday and police were prepared to bring people in.
Thousands of the 99% rallied today to continue their fight against corporate greed despite the Mayor's order, including the rap mogul, who sent out several messages to Bloomberg over Twitter, urging him to reconsider his plans "to avoid confrontation." He offered to pay for the clean up himself if it meant keeping people unharmed and out of jail. If he didn't reconsider, Russell pledged that he would be jailed right alongside the others in Zuccotti Park.
Thankfully, Bloomberg called the whole thing off and the protesters were allowed to stay. No one was harmed, no one in jail.
So, maybe Russell got through to him.
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Tags: new york, occupy wall street, protesters, russell simmons, twitter
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I was there in NY Sunday. The people smelled bad. The cops were assholes though, yelling at folks who were just walking by. NY cop Assholes!!!
thats some funny stuff. hes the corporate guy who is screwing them. hysterical. thats why hes there, to pretend hes not the corporation making money out of keeping them down….
hypocrite lefty…so transparent
These people need to occupy a job!
I'm all for protesting for what you believe but this is just ridiculous! Head Honch, if it wan't for NYC cops keeping us safe everyday from terrorist threats, god knows were we would be. R U even a NYer. Hundreds of cops died on 9/11 too. Grow the F up! We need out cops protecting us from terrorist threats, not worrying about a bunch of hippies that don't want to work. These people are killing business downtown as well as stinking up the place. Let alone doing things like shitting on cop cars. I mean really. Bloomberg needs to actually step up and do something. Bloomberg is a complete waist of a mayor. The funny thing, is I'm actually pretty democratic but this is seriously a joke.
Simmons drives there in a $400,000 Bentley,
I bet he can really relate
huh?
Fucking idiot, stop pretending like you give a shit about these people and go home to your supermodels and mansion
Re: bobo99 – EXACTLY……he was probably there advertising his olousy RUSH card you know the one that you have to pay them to put your money on it so you can use it to purchase things……RIP OFF…..if you want to be part of the solution lower your fees, or continue to be part of the problem then carry on as is, because you are out of touch with reality!