• 11 Oct 2011 at 6:34 PM

Wall Street Protests North: Boston Police Officers Imply They’ll Take A Bullet For City’s Shrubs

By Bess Levin

Should it come to that.

The protesters from the Occupy Boston movement were arrested after they ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway near where they have been camped out for more than a week, police said. Police spokesman Jamie Kenneally said the arrests began about 1:30 a.m. and were mostly for trespassing. A conservancy group recently planted $150,000 worth of shrubs along the greenway and officials said they were concerned about damage.

Boston Protestors Arrested [WSJ]
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Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by srsly | October 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    the 1 % cares about trees more than you think

  2. 2
    Posted by J Chanos | October 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Truth.

  3. 3
    Posted by trojan_ | October 11, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    go yanks

  4. 4
    Posted by celestus | October 11, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Tell me about it.

    - J. Paulson

  5. 5
    Posted by Not Impressed | October 11, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    I love a natural shrub.

    - DSK

  6. 6
    Posted by Domestic Expat | October 11, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    $20 says at least one "Yankees Suck" chant broke out during the arrests.

  7. 7
    Posted by Familiar with Boston | October 11, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    $20 says at least one of the women at the protest sharted on a shrub.

  8. 8
    Posted by Guest | October 11, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Granted, this was a last minute submission, but the "again with the plants?" tag? Ftw.

  9. 9
    Posted by Mexi_Cant | October 11, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Uhh, $1 trillion on planting trees, NOW!

    -Guy who reads the enemies demands

  10. 10
    Posted by John Paulson | October 11, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    Now I know where those fuckin' Sino-Forest trees are !!!

  11. 11
    Posted by Guest | October 12, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    There is pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this point in history.

    MP

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | October 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    How much tax was paid on this $150k in hedge funds?

    -Occupy Boston Protester

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