Cops Accused Of Trapping Wall Street Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge For Mass Arrests

Cops Accused Of Trapping Wall Street Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge For Mass Arrests More than 700 protesters from Occupy Wall Street were arrested on Saturday after confrontations with police on the Brooklyn Bridge. [Updates, pictures and video stream below] [MORE] [UPDATE] More Than 700 Arrested After Police Allegedly Lure Protesters On Brooklyn Bridge More than 700 protestors were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday after the Occupy Wall Street protestors steered their march onto the Brooklyn-bound roadway. According to the NYPD, "most" of those arrested were issued criminal summonses for blocking vehicular traffic or disorderly conduct. "The real question is: did the police make an announcement at the beginning not to be on the road?" attorney Wylie Stecklow told us. "And did that announcement reach enough people?" Stecklow's firm is representing many of those arrested. NYPD spokesman Paul Brown told the Times, "This was not a trap. They were warned not to proceed."... [ MORE ]