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Some ‘Occupy Philly’ Campers Say Protest Group Is Too Splintered

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(Some members of "Occupy Philadelphia" were arrested by Philadelphia Police last week after blocking traffic on the Market Street bridge at 30th Street.   Credit: John McDevitt)

(Some members of “Occupy Philadelphia” were arrested by Philadelphia Police last week after blocking traffic on the Market Street bridge at 30th Street. Credit: John McDevitt)

Jim Melwert

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Some members of “Occupy Philadelphia” are concerned about the group’s future.

Occupy member Bruce Mays says he worries that the “99 percent” message is getting drowned out by certain factions.

“The movement is a great movement, but it’s been infiltrated by anarchists and other bad elements,” he says.

Mays also says that in his opinion, the Occupy movement needs to be more focused.

“When Martin Luther King protested, he protested for civil rights.  During the Vietnam war we protested the Vietnam war.  I think at this point we’re protesting too many different things — there’s, like, 69 different agendas,” he tells KYW Newsradio.

And Mays says he questions the civil disobedience and arrests at two sit-ins last week.

“You’ve got people here that egg everyone else on, and then they’re the one’s that don’t go to jail, they’re the one’s that step back.”

Mays adds that it’s a challenge dealing with the mental health issues of some of the homeless who’ve joined the camp, but he credits police and the city for how they have handled the protests so far.

Reported by Jim Melwert, KYW Newsradio 1060

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  • Aaron Kreider

    Exposed: The Secret Elite Faction that Controls Occupy Philly
    http://www.campusactivism.org/blog/node/365

  • Tim Printer

    A friend of mine is one of the union guys waiting to work on Dilworth Plaza. He went down two weeks ago to look at the site. He listened in to the protests that were going on. He described them as being unorganized and incoherent. I think the message got lost a long time ago. It was only a matter of time before anarchists and other trouble makers got involved.

  • Mother Nature

    They lost their way about amonth ago. No one cares about them or their message any more. Time to pack it in. Bye, bye.

  • Raymond A. Collier

    “Some ‘Occupy Philly’ Campers Say Protest Group Is Too Splintered” Gee, You Think? I wonder how “Occupy Philadelphia” came up with that Brilliant Piece of Inspiration? That seems to be a problem throughtout the “Occupy” Movement!

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