NY Occupy Protest Shuts Down ‘Law & Order’
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest by about 100 Occupy Wall Street members in New York City shut down production of an episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
The Daily News reported Friday that the protesters arrived around midnight at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. The show was making an episode with an Occupy theme.
About 100 police officers appeared as the protesters roamed around the park, inspecting tents and signs built by the production company.
A protester from Brooklyn Heights, Drew Hornbein, says the movement is “not part of corporate TV America.”
The newspaper says a police officer with a bullhorn announced that the city had rescinded the film permit, which drew cheers.
Arrests were threatened, but the crowd dispersed and the set was dismantled.
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Comments (2)
Warren Harmon says:
December 9, 2011 at 4:45 pm
All in all a good outcome, now lets hpe the SOB’s don’t air the “occupy” theme, . . . idiots all!
Lisa Baskin-Corl says:
December 9, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Some people don’t know when to stop protesting about all the greedy banks, Wall Street, etc. Just what good
does it do? The only ones who benefit are the protesters because they succeed in making fools of themselves.
CSI:Special Victims Unit should never have used the Protests as a theme. It is just playing into their hands so
they can get free publicity. Grow up. Your protests don’t work and never will.