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Update: Wall Street People's Occupation has begun, Camping plans drawn

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Deborah Dupre

, Human Rights Examiner

September 17, 2011 - Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates.

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Update: Sept. 17 17, 8:45 pm ET

The human rights defenders gathered on Wall Street had planned to descend on there Saturday to "occupy parts of it as an expression of anger over a financial system that they said favors the rich and powerful at the expense of ordinary citizens," according to New York Times late Saturday.

Earlier Saturday, the demonstrators found much of their target off limits due to the city shutting sections of Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall before they arrived according to NY Times.

"By 10:00 a.m., metal barricades manned by uniformed police officers ringed the blocks of Wall Street between Broadway and William Street to the east."

What was hundreds has now grown to thousands of protesters gathered on Wall Street with intention of preventing people from their offices Monday." 

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