Police Arrest 2 OWS Protesters After They Allow NY1 to Record Their ‘Subway Sticker Campaign’

Police Arrest 2 OWS Protesters After They Allow NY1 to Record Their Subway Sticker Campaign

NY1 spoke with protesters involved in the 'Subway Sticker Campaign' (Photo: NY1)

The police have tracked down and arrested two Occupy Wall Street protesters after they allowed NY1 to record their “subway sticker campaign.”

The duo, Jeffrey Brewer and Aaron Minter, participated in a joint effort between Occupy Wall Street and members of the Transport Workers Union to cover subway seats with stickers that read “Priority Seating for the 1%.”  The stickers were similar to priority seating notices that reserve areas for people with disabilities.

Police Arrest 2 OWS Protesters After They Allow NY1 to Record Their Subway Sticker Campaign

(Photo: NY1)

“We want decent train service and with that kind of money in the bank, why are the rates rising? And why are services being cut?” said one Occupy Wall Street protester.

Though the two were arrested on graffiti charges, they face several others, including unlawfully posting ads and violating transit rules.

Brewster has been released, while Minter is being held on bail for a separate case.

Occupy Wall Street has utilized subways several times in their protests.  Back in November, they tried to “occupy” 16 subway stations, and in March they used chains to keep the emergency exits of NYC subways open, posting signs saying “Customers Ride for Free.”

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:13am

    Why are rates rising and service being cuts — Union pay and pensions keep rising, they keep damanding more money and less hours, they want more hours covered as overtimes, double overtime and holiday overtime. Meanwhile they have to cut service because the city can’t afford to keep paying for all of the union extortion

    Public Transportation and City Transportation should be providing the lowest cost service with a quality standard of delivery…. the ONLY way you do this is to put out bidding to PRIVATE COMPANIES, have them compete for lower cost of operation while being contractually required to have a service level agreement in place, if they can’t meet the SLA during their contract period (which should be no more then 3 years at a time) then they automatically loose their right to reapply for the next period to bid for the job again for that period and have to wait 3 years to reapply.

    The city needs competitive bidding, competitive operational service providers, they should be cuttings the operational costs of the MTA down by 2/3′rds while maintain the level of service currently available….

    The MTA must, must M-U-S-T privatize, it is the only way it will survive and the city will be able to continue to maintain any form of public transportation, unions and public service do NOT mix well, unions should be only in private corporation situations to make sure corporations are accountable, they do NOT belong in public service area’s.

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 7:05am

    Why are rates going up and services being cut?

    It‘s because people like you two morons don’t pay taxes and then deface public property which costs money to clean… dopes.

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  • Cry_Baby_Obama
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 6:52am

    What would this socialist Muslim know about what works in America…he hasn’t so far!

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  • KevINtampa
    Posted on April 8, 2012 at 1:22am

    “We want decent train service and with that kind of money in the bank, why are the rates rising? And why are services being cut?”

    I’ll answer the question posed by the useful idiot:

    1. QE 1
    +
    2. QE 2
    +
    3. Stimulus Package
    +
    4. Obamacare
    +
    5. Afghanistan
    +
    6. Iraq
    +
    7. TARP
    +
    8. Government Motors
    =
    MASSIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING
    =
    Inflation
    =
    Pay more get less.
    =
    “We want decent train service and with that kind of money in the bank, why are the rates rising? And why are services being cut?”
    =
    Bottom up
    =
    Top down

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    • Cry_Baby_Obama
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 6:55am

      THIS “OBAMA”… is an all-wheels train-off-the-track nightmare in motion (and has been since his affirmative action acceptance to Columbia University… where his mind imploded)

      … then it was his affirmative action admittance to Harvard’s law school where his root Socialist ideology became outright Marxist-Communistic.

      Redistribute the wealth in Robin Hood style Debbie WasherWomyn fashion… is his only answer.

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  • paperpushermj
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:52pm

    Inquiring Minds ask …What was the point of all this?
    What….. Riders in the subway car look down, see the sticker and then What?

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  • wntsmallgov
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:42pm

    I support their rights to protest not how they are protesting. In a way what we do to them is what the government will do to the rest of the people when we protest at TEA Party rally or anywhere else we decide to protest. Do not fall into the trap. Defend the rights of others as you would defend your rights. Just do not defend the violence that OWS and other groups use when they do not get their way.

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  • MrKnowItAll
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:32pm

    Occupy is getting to much P.R.
    Let’s work on Shutting that down.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 9:29pm

    Speaking of Transit workers, just want you to know that in Denver, RTD drivers ” joined with about 75 other drivers , riders and members of Occupy Denver ..as part of a national push to highlight public transportation problems ” on April 4, ” because it is the anniversary of the slaying of civil rights leader the Martin Luther King Jr. King , they noted, looked to public transit as a way to get poor people to meaningful employment.” ( Denver Post ) Like all of the other their so-called entitled rights, these people claim that ” getting people to and from jobs and home is a basic civil right.” Transportation is a civil right ? No t really . The union is playing the Race Card / Crazy Definition of Civil Rights Card to help their members get more tax money when funds are short . A civil right / The Discrimination Card/ union benefit idea gone amok . All to stir up the angry Left base. Where are the adults ?

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    • ColoradoMaverick
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 7:07am

      Half of RTD’s buses drive around empty.

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    • DesdemonasCrew
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 5:21pm

      Thats true: getting people to and from work is a basic human right…it’s called feet. If you were born without feet, I will gladly pay for your transport.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 9:12pm

    Oh, sure. Let’s give homes to the “poor.” Let’s absolve all student loans. Let’s give everyone free health insurance. Let’s give everyone free transit. It will have wonderful results like the free public education we taxpayers have been funding forever ( seen those test scores lately ? oh, I know what the Democrats will decide : let’s abolish test scores ? ! ) Think we tried that ” homes for the poor idea.” Obama even helped ACORN file a law suit against Citibank which forced them to lower their lending standards for unqualified minority borrowers . My, but that sure had great results – if you want to destroy capitalism, that is ! Amazing what these so-called Democrats are getting away with. All under the protection of the Race and Discrimination Cards. Any wonder why the Left chose Barack Obama for their candidate ? He was their ( secretly schooled- in- Alinsky community organizer) friendly ” Mr. Uniter ” and if people caught on to their real anti-capitalist agenda , their “Mr Race Card.” So clever. And so unvetted because the Media is a Lap Dog for the International Left. How sad for the survival of our local, American democracy.

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  • TheBurningTruth
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:45pm

    This is starting to remind me of the late 60s when terrorists like Barry’s Buddy Bill Ayres were blowing things up and trying to start a revolution. The result was to piss off the average Joe working to support his family. Today, people see these marxists as just costing them more and more as the bills to correct their destruction come due.

    The irony is that those that claim to want “more freedom” by attacking the system usually cause a more restrictive system with the support of the average person that feels threatened by the terrorists.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 9:34pm

      And the FAR Left was not in control of the Democrat Party and the White House.

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  • FloridaFarmGirl
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:00pm

    Unless these people get rounded up by the hundreds and jailed, or better yet, dumped off on a remote island, this situation will get worse. How much tax money are we going to let them cost us?

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    • Noonien_Soong
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:26pm

      Send them to a long vacation on an island owned by the government. Leave a weeks supply of food and water and a radio just to hear them give up.

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    • wntsmallgov
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:40pm

      Look at it Constitutionally. You can not round them up and you can not stop them from protesting however you can shut them down if they refuse to follow the laws during that protest.
      Taking away ones rights to protest will lead to our own rights being taken away by someone else. Do not fall into that trap/

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 1:26pm

      I hear GITMO has spaces opening up.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:53pm

    These two should test the third rail for power, along with the Transit Workers Union Idiots that did what ever they did.

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  • barber2
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:37pm

    Oh, I am shocked ! Do you mean that a union was working with the Occupy mob ? Why, the next thing you know, someone will tie them all to the Democrat Party ! Wouldn’t that be a shock !?

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  • f2345ranky
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:46pm

    Most of these people have trust funds. Make them pay for the damage.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:32pm

    On the plus, Spring brings warmer weather, beautiful flowers, and hockey playoffs.

    On the other, Spring brings allergies, mosquitoes, and OWSers.

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  • boverst7420
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:28pm

    I will speak my mind. Start throwing these guys in jail and not just a few hours. They are costing us millions of dollars. Did Beck not warn us of all the national rioting that would be taking place. Well its here and van jones has come out of his spider hole as predicted.

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  • boverst7420
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:25pm

    This is no joke. These nuts are totally out of control. I believe Beck warned us of all the rioting coming down. And notice van jones and all the thugs are coming of their holes are was predicted.

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:25pm

    OWS is costing cities and states $$$$$ … they’ll end up raising taxes … and … the people of these liberal states will foot the bill … New York and California will get what they deserve for allowing liberalism.

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:19pm

    Dang these people are annoying! LOL

    They really do need a L I F E!

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  • godhatesacoward
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:15pm

    Gov’t is broke, you turds, because of fools like you expect everything for free!

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  • bdandsl
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:13pm

    Throw the book at them and charge them for the cleanup!

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:13pm

    Doh….

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  • Thecoolhandluke
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:12pm

    With what kind of money in the bank? Last I checked the MTA was over a billion dollars in debt, which is why the NYC subway system sucks in many ways. The flat fare system makes no economic sense.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:50pm

      Well the owsers want some of those Obama bucks to pay for their rides.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:12pm

    Normally I would rack this up to the pair being ‘useful idiots’ yet the fact that a news crew went along with them leads me to wonder if the puppet masters behind the Occupy bands set this up; to gain more publicity, push their cause, push their agenda and continue to ratchet up the pressure in any manner they can.

    I have the feeling a real storm is going to break loose across the nation, and soon.

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  • momrules
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:12pm

    Big deal. The OWS has cost cities across the country hundreds of thousands of dollars in clean up, extra police and fire department costs, etc.

    Arresting two jerks for unlawful sticker sticking just does not make me want to start a party.

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    • barber2
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:54pm

      Agree. The OWS are just part of the many Lefty union “gangs” who use our freedoms to abuse those of us who pay taxes. They are living proof that a democracy can only function with decent citizens . These ill-bred parasites do not fit that bill. Acting like spooled brats having temper tantrums, they are using the system to destroy the system . Where are the adults ?

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