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Heart-attack pushers Ben & Jerry's hippie 'Indian land' hypocrisy
Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's called the United States "stolen land" on Twitter and urged people to commit to returning it to indigenous people.
Medic awarded $430K for injuries NYPD sergeant allegedly caused during Occupy Wall Street protests
Mary Tardif was granted the $431,250 compensation for her 2013 lawsuit alleging a sergeant caused her the traumatic injury while she acted as a medic for the left-wing demonstrators.
GOP protesters 'Re-Occupy Wall Street' over GameStop mess
Dozens of members of the New York Young Republicans Club jumped on the anti-Wall Street bandwagon Sunday, gathering in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park to blast the hedge-fund managers targeting GameStop. The...
Young Republicans plan to 'Re-Occupy Wall Street' after GameStop debacle
They're young, they're Republican — and they're mad as hell at Wall Street. Members of the New York Young Republicans are planning to storm Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan Sunday...
Denver 'Patriot Rally' shooter railed against Trump on social media
The unlicensed security guard accused of fatally shooting a Navy veteran at a Denver “Patriot Rally” railed against President Trump and shared left-wing political content on social media. Matthew Dolloff's ex-girlfriend,...
Influential Occupy Wall Street leader David Graeber dead at 59
David Graeber, who helped organize the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice, his agent said. He was 59. A professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics,...
De Blasio welcomes City Hall protest, says NYPD will behave
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he'll allow an encampment in a park outside City Hall by protesters demanding $1 billion in cuts to the NYPD's budget, while assuring New Yorkers...
My terrifying 5-day stay inside Seattle's cop-free zone
SEATTLE — On June 8, Seattle police frantically loaded what they could from the East Precinct into trucks and cars. Within hours, they boarded up and abandoned the station. That...
Lawless in Seattle: City lets anarchists seize downtown blocks
Even for 2020, events in Seattle are bizarre: Armed radicals have taken over six blocks downtown, with the de facto blessing of city officials. It’s the 2011 Occupy Wall Street...
NYU professor founded anarchist group that attacked subways last month
A New York University professor is one of the masterminds behind the anarchist group that organized the rampage through the subways last month, destroying turnstiles, stranding thousands of commuters and...
Ydanis Rodriguez claims he was Time's 2011 'Person of the Year'
This could wind up being the political whopper of the year. A New York City councilman who's filed paperwork to run for Congress is trying to burnish his credentials with...
Man loses bid to sue over 'pink undies' arrest
A New York City street performer failed to convince a Manhattan federal jury that the cop who now heads Mayor de Blasio’s security detail wrongfully arrested him for riding his...
Occupy Wall Street protester gets one penny in excessive force case
An Occupy Wall Street protester who was busted while fighting against the One Percent in 2011 sued the city — and was just awarded a whopping one cent. A Manhattan...
E*Trade ad wants you to trade stocks to get back at the rich
Don’t occupy Wall Street — get rich yourself. That’s the message from a full-minute ad from E*Trade that aired earlier this week on Monday Night Football, angling to channel anger...
'Pepper spray cop' from 'Occupy' protest retires with full pension
The NYPD officer who became the villain of Occupy Wall Street -- when he ruthlessly pepper-sprayed a group of female protesters -- has retired with a full pension. Anthony Bologna,...
Judge OKs Occupy protester's suit against ex-NYPD bigwig
A judge on Friday greenlit a civil-rights suit against the city's emergency-management chief over allegations he falsely arrested an Occupy Wall Street protester during a 2011 melee in Times Square....
Scores arrested in first 'Fight for $15' protests since Trump win
Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. workers from fast-food chains staged nationwide protests for higher pay, union rights and immigration reform in their first major action since...
Protesters take over Chuck Schumer's office
Nearly a week after suffering a resounding defeat led by Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is struggling to regroup amid turmoil. At least two dozen protesters, some allied with Occupy...
Protesters gather to mark fifth anniversary of 'Occupy'
Five years ago, they were the 99 percent. But Saturday, 99 percent of them apparently had better things to do than commemorate the fifth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Just...
City lawyer says cops will arrest anyone if disobeyed -- even Barbara Walters
Anyone — even Barbara Walters — would get arrested if she ignored NYPD cops’ orders to move during a protest, a city lawyer asserted Tuesday. The Law Department attorney made...