The Tribune story includes overleveraged purchases, feckless management and a culture of personal enrichment, all hallmarks of the Wall Street way that have left protesters enraged.
The eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park in November left protesters without the physical birthplace of the movement around which to rally, and put something of a chill on the endeavor.
One by one, the tree sitters were arrested After the police had left, protesters sat her in a wheelchair on the shoulder of the highway and dabbed her eyes with milk of magnesia to alleviate the burning.
It also had the sort of ambiguity that has left protesters worried that if they go home today they may end up in torture-ridden prisons tomorrow — maybe, in Mubarak's skewed idea of the world and his place in it, they are the ones responsible, on whom he will not go "easy in punishing".
The protesters shut down key parts of the capital over the course of a lengthy stand-off that left protesters, soldiers and journalists dead.
Most were resolved with dismissals or other actions that left protesters without criminal records or fines.
