RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - More than 50 protesters gathered in
Rapid City on Saturday to support the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The group gathered around Main Street Square and throughout
downtown Rapid City, waving signs at passing cars.
Unlike rallies in New York, the local protest did not attempt to
campout. The crowd instead dispersed at the day went on.
Rally participants had an array of issues, but a common theme
was anger at big banks and the richest 1 percent of the population.
Another commonly cited grievance was student debt for college.
Travis Schulze says he had doubted the Wall Street protests
would spread to South Dakota, but he proved himself wrong by
attending the Rapid City event.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
AP-NY-10-16-11 1638EDT
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