After originally starting as Occupy Wall Street in New York City, the protestors of Occupy San Diego are still standing strong in front of the Civic Center in downtown after a good couple of weeks of fighting for their demands.
Occupy Wall Street started as one group of protestors wanting their demands to be met by the city of New York concerning unemployment and the nation’s economical stand point, but soon moved quickly across the globe and now stands as far as Europe and Asia.
Occupy San Diego has already had a large group of an estimated 1500 protestors march down Market Street and then occupy the space in front of the Civic center which is right in the middle of San Diego City Hall.
The police did step in and take down tents from the protestors on October 14 and have notified them to not put them back up, but it seems that it has not shaken them up and they still refuse to leave.
“I feel that the protestors are ruining the beauty of downtown” said Jaime Ricodi, a 34 year-old bank teller.
It is unclear if the City of San Diego is planning on making changes for the future, but Caroline Ledesma, the San Diego Mayor’s Assistant feels that our nations economic stand point will bounce back in time. “Personally, I think the protests are just supporting the freedom of speech. All in all, we live in a great country with a lot of opportunity. Our economic future will definitely come back up.
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