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ATL Field Trip: A Visit to Occupy Wall Street

Over the weekend, Lat realized that he needed some new white dress shirts. So he headed downtown to the Brooks Brothers at One Liberty Plaza in Manhattan. One Liberty Plaza happens to be located across the street from Zuccotti Park, site of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Since he was going to be in the neighborhood, he decided to pay a visit to OWS. What did he observe?

By David Lat on October 17, 2011 5:30 pm

Might he be an unemployed law school graduate?

In case you can’t read his sign, it says, “Been here for a month. Need $$$ go upstate and get a job. Capitalism is a bitch.”

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Thinking of this fellow as an unemployed law student or law school grad was purely speculative. Were there any explicitly law-related aspects to the protest?