NEW YORK – Police on horseback clashed with anti-corporate greed protesters Saturday in New York’s famous Times Square, where one person was injured.
At least three “Occupy Wall Street” protesters were arrested after marching uptown, a witness said, while thousands of people converged on the major commercial intersection, divided by police barriers.
The clashes took place at the corner of 46th Street and Seventh Avenue after day-long marches that began in the Financial District.
Mounted police pushed back protesters who were trying to enter Times Square. Dozens of panicked people then began to run and a woman fell down. She had face injuries and was swiftly carried away on a stretcher, an AFP journalist reported.
Families joined the march and several open-top buses filled with tourists cheered on the protesters by making the v for victory sign.