Occupy Wall Street: Rev. Jesse Jackson

On October 18, 2011, the Reverend Jesse Jackson made another appearance at Occupy Wall Street in lower Manhattan. The night before, the New York City Police Department attempted to dismantle the medical tent in Liberty Park (a.k.a. Zuccotti Park) on the premise that tents are not allowed in the park. OWS medical assistants, however, contend the tent is merely used for privacy in treating the ill, and that nobody sleeps in the tent. When police swooped in, Rev. Jackson quickly linked arms with fellow occupiers to prevent the removal of the medical tent. The tent was saved.

Rev. Jackson helps save the medical tent at OWS (10.17.11) (ANIMAL New York)

In the video below, Rev. Jackson speaks to reporters about the similarities of the 1968 occupation of the mall in Washington, DC, which spotlighted the plight of poor people in the United States, to the Occupy Wall Street movement, and calls on students to fight for student loan forgiveness.  

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