1.9 Million in OT to police NY 99%ers.

[lonestarnot]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44851474/ns/us_news-life/

As the protest on Wall Street enters its fourth week, police officers are keeping their posts around the perimeter of the park at the center of it all. And with no end in sight, the cost of constant police surveillance will continue to rise at a time when Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered citywide budget cuts.

..The NYPD has already spent $1.9 million, mostly in overtime pay, to patrol the area near Zuccotti Park, where hundreds of protesters have camped out for several weeks. Though cold weather is on the way in, protesters don't plan on leaving anytime soon. They're prepared to stay put for the long haul.

"The bottom line is that people want to express themselves, and as long as they obey the laws, we allow them to," Bloomberg told reporters Monday when asked about the protesters' staying power. "If they break the laws, then we're going to do what we're supposed to do — enforce the laws."

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Tee hee. OT. :rofl:

[dkf]

1. Cuts from education and assistance to the poor I bet.

[Zorra]

2. Hey, we don't need them to be there, we don't want them there,

we didn't ask for them to be there, so don't blame the extra expense on us.

If they don't wanna spend the money, they should just send the cops home.

[lynne]

3. Those who can least afford it will end up paying for it, too -

- More out of the pockets of the 99%.

[lonestarnot]

4. Always.

[Courtesy Flush]

5. If they're looking for lawbreakers

The protesters can point them in the right direction.