Occupy Huntington Demonstrators Range from 20somethings to Retired CEO

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Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 02:52 by Tony Rutherford HuntingtonNews.Net Reporter

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – New York City’s Occupy Wall Street movement has grown so that they are contemplating a larger location for their demonstrators. In Huntington, Josh Coker, told HNN Friday afternoon, “People are planning supporting the movement through January 2012.”

Coker, a 20something Huntingtonian , said, “I stand up more for people before profits. Corporate gree is the root of everybody’s reason for being here.”
Occupy Huntington Demonstrators Range from 20somethings to Retired CEO

One of 75-100 demonstrators scattered along the JP Morgan Chase Bank north side of the 1000 block of Fifth Avenue, group members mainly made and displayed signs. Others beat bongo drums, some conversed, and occasionally a member would become an unofficial cheerleader.

C. Richard Cobb, founder of the Adopt a Block program and neighborhood advocate, took his place near the front of the line displaying his sign that contained a lengthy message ...

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