'Occupy Oakland' protesters, police standoff

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Thousands of 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters peacefully marched in the streets of Oakland on Wednesday picketing banks and disrupting operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port. Around 10:30 p.m. a group of a couple hundred protesters went into the Travelers Aid building to occupy it. For a while the crowd danced in the streets outside the building and used large dumpsters to block the road leading to the building on Telegraph and 16th, near Frank Ogawa Plaza and hung a banner saying, "Occupy Everything."abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8415827

BART cops defend release of driver that hit protester

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- BART police are responding to criticism about how they handled an accident involving a car and protesters. What BART calls 'standard procedure' seemed like favoritism to the protesters.

Cellphone video from Wednesday night shows marchers passing down Broadway at 11th Street and a Mercedes Benz trying to cross through them. It shows a protester jumping in front of the car, banging on the hood and then the driver hitting his gas, knocking down the one protester in front and another in back. Both were taken to the hospital. abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8417185

Journalist arrested while covering Oakland protest

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Late Wednesday night, there were 101 people arrested and among them was freelance journalist Susie Cagle, whose father is a cartoonist for MSNBC. ABC7 caught up with her as she was released from jail.

Cagle said she thought she did everything she was supposed to. She stayed at Frank Ogawa Plaza, but she still ended up in jail. After being cited and released on Thursday afternoon, she now wants answers as to why she was arrested. abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8418546

California nurses march in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In San Francisco, the California Nurses Association joined the Occupy movement in a planned march. They are upset with Wall Street and are calling for a special tax.

About 200 nurses marched downtown to a major bank to push one specific issue - the transaction tax. It is basically a fee charge to anyone and everyone to anyone who makes a financial trade. People call it a tax on Wall Street. abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8417694

First Amendment violations hurt us all

The decision by Milwaukee police officers Wednesday to arrest a Journal Sentinel photographer who was simply doing her job is inexcusable. BEBETO MATTHEWS — Associated Press Police arrest Occupy Wall Street protesters Thursday as they staged a sit-down at Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York.
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JPMorgan CEO on protesters: In general, 'they're right'

"They're right. In general, these big institutions of America let them down," he said. "That's not the same thing as to say that every bank was bad, every politician was bad. That's where I would disagree."www.vancouversun.com/business/JPMorgan+protesters+general+they+right/5654124/story.html

Amid Wall Street Protests, Smaller Banks Gain Favor

Vince Siciliano — a Birkenstock-wearing, organic food-eating, public transportation-riding sympathizer of Occupy Wall Street who earns $240,000 a year — is far from a banking baron.
But as the chief executive of New Resource Bank in San Francisco, Mr. Siciliano has managed to pull off what his bigger rivals have not: turn a profit and stay out of the line of fire.dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/amid-wall-street-protests-smaller-banks-gain-favor/