Update: The Occupy Orlando movement went off Saturday with a march through downtown and an occupation of a park. Meanwhile, up in New York City, KnightNews.com has learned UCF students are marching with UCF alumni activists and former SGA officials Matt De Vlieger and Eric Eingold. Eingold tweeted to KnightNews.com that there were five UCF students with him over the weekend NYC occupation.
De Vlieger interviewed Mike Myers during one of the marches.
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Before the spin-off Occupy Orlando began, KnightNews.com sat down with a UCF student who told us he got arrested during Occupy Wallstreet in New York. See his interview below:
Check back to KnightNews.com for more on the occupy movement.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is coming to Orlando, as Occupy Orlando is set to begin tomorrow Saturday morning at 8 a.m..
According to the Occupy Orlando website, the movement describes itself as “a leaderless, nonviolent political movement that is spreading around the United States and the globe. Our purpose is to send a message from the 99% -“We the People”- to the 1% who run the mega-corporations and government that we are no longer willing to tolerate the greed and corruption that places profits before people.”
The Occupy movements across the country have led to several hundred arrests.
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It is unclear how many protesters will occupy a park near the Orlando Chamber of Commerce and will march through downtown on Saturday.
KnightNews.com interviewed a UCF student who was arrested in the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York.
The route of the march is still unclear but it is expected to start at 11:30 a.m..
KnightNews.com will continue to follow this story and the Occupy Orlando movement.
