Several hundred rally in Burlington to support Occupy Wall Street movement

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7:19 PM, Oct. 9, 2011 |

Several hundred protesters took to downtown Burlington on Sunday to rail on everything from bank bailouts, fat severance packages for Vermont leaders, failing farms, the cost of education and the death penalty.

It was the second straight Sunday that Vermont organizers conducted a Burlington rally in support of the protesters occupying Wall Street in New York City. The Occupy Wall Street protest began Sept. 17 in New York City with people, charging that 99 percent of the country will not tolerate the greed and corruption by the remaining one percent.

The Burlington protests are expected to continue each Sunday for the foreseeable future, according to Jonathan Leavitt, one of the organizers.

A special protest also is planned Saturday afternoon in downtown Burlington ...

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