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Occupy Columbus rally aims to show unity with protesters on Wall Street

 

By  Tristan Navera

The Columbus Dispatch Monday October 10, 2011 1:56 PM

When 71-year-old Sara Dawson told her children she’d be coming to the Occupy Columbus rally today, they asked if they should have bail money ready.

“I’ve been waiting 25 years for the U.S. to wake up,” the Columbus native said. “We’ve been buying our elected officials, not electing them.”

Dawson said the power of the movement is its nonviolence. Sign-bearing demonstrators came and went from the crowd in front of the Statehouse throughout the morning, but the group numbered about 50 to 90 throughout the day, peaking at more than 100 around noon.

Protesters had a variety of demands and grievances, disparaging such things as corporate irresponsibility, outsourcing, student-loan debt and the media. The group sought to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City, according to its website.

“I want to see a job for everyone that wants one,” shouted Kevin Keef, 53, of Palatine, Ill. “ (Wall Street) got their bailout, where is our bailout?”

Many passersby honked in agreement while a few shouted derisively, but Columbus police and State Highway Patrol officers, who maintained a visible presence nearby, reported no incidents.

“I think the success of the country depends on the success of this movement,” said Bob Letcher, 62, of Westerville. He held a sign — “Cornell PhD will teach/tutor for food” — which he said represented the need for education in the country.

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