Wall Street March Prompts Police Brawl

After the cleanup of Wall Street protesters' Zuccotti Park base was postponed, the occupiers were feeling inspired—so they poured onto Broadway for a new march. The result: 15 arrests, the New York Post reports. Police were waiting for protesters, who were blocking traffic; cops pursued and grappled with protesters, some of whom flipped a police bike, in what the Post calls a "melee." As police made arrests, the crowd chanted, "The whole world is watching!"

Gothamist saw one protester who was punched in the face by an officer apparently without provocation; the protester says his earring was torn out: "I'm HIV positive and that cop should get tested." Protesters were back at the park by 8:30 this morning. "The city tried to intimidate us, they threatened us and tried to put us in our place. But we showed them what we are all made of and we did it without violence," says one. Adds another, "I've never been more confident that we are all going to make a difference." Click through for intense video of what appears to be a brawl. (More Occupy Wall Street stories.)