Thousands of anti-corporate demonstrators backed for the first time by trade unions have raised the stakes in the revolt on Wall Street.
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters have slammed New York police, who they claim penned them in on the road before swooping in to make mass arrests.
Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening after more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes.
Protesters who have camped out near Wall Street for two weeks marched on Friday on police headquarters in Manhattan.