Protests in NM and NYC: 500 arrested for blocking the Brooklyn Bridge

Five hundred people, part of the Occupy Wall Street group were arrested tonight after blocking the Brooklyn Bridge Here's what one person had to say to the Associated Press:
"Erin Larkins, a graduate student at Columbia University who says she and her boyfriend have $130,000 combined in student loan debt, was among the thousands of protesters on the bridge. She said a friend persuaded her to join the march and she's glad she did.
"I don't think we're asking for much, just to wake up every morning not worrying whether we can pay the rent, or whether our next meal will be rice and beans again," Larkins wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "No one is expecting immediate change. I think everyone is just hopeful that people will wake up a bit and realize that the more we speak up, the more the people that do have the authority to make changes in this world listen."

There were also protests in Mew Mexico (video below) and in other parts of the US.  It's getting a little hot for the bankers these days.  Protests are popping up all over the place around different issues but all connected to the growing inequality and inability of millions of Americans to live a decent life.