{"id":699,"date":"2011-10-14T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=699"},"modified":"2011-10-14T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T12:49:20","slug":"occupy-detroit-plans-march-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2011\/10\/occupy-detroit-plans-march-today-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Detroit plans march today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/detnews.com\/article\/20111014\/METRO\/110140392\/1408\/LOCAL\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmsimg.detnews.com\/apps\/pbcsi.dll\/bilde?Avis=C3&amp;Dato=20111014&amp;Kategori=METRO&amp;Lopenr=110140392&amp;Ref=AR&amp;Q=100&amp;MaxW=125&amp;MaxH=125\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Protesters are gearing up for a march and occupation of Detroit today, which could last for 60 days.The Occupy Detroit group \u2014 inspired by the protests on Wall Street seeking social, political and economic change \u2014 plans to meet at 4 p.m. today at the Spirit of Detroit statute on Woodward. The group will march to Grand Circus Park at 6 p.m. and then occupy the area with sit-ins, pickets and other forms of protest.Among those who plan to participate is Darlene Westfall, a Detroit Public Schools special education teacher.&#8221;Ive been teaching for 30 years and I have been considering getting another job because I cant make ends meet,&#8221; said Westfall, a Westland resident. &#8220;I am getting the same salary I got in the mid-90s. Something is not right.&#8221;On Thursday, Mayor Dave Bing and Police Chief Ralph L. Godbee Jr. issued a statement saying, &#8220;We are working to ensure that all citizens are able to assemble and express themselves peacefully and in accordance with the law.&#8221; via <a href=\"http:\/\/detnews.com\/article\/20111014\/METRO\/110140392\/1408\/LOCAL\">Metro and State | Occupy Detroit plans march today | The Detroit News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Protesters are gearing up for a march and occupation of Detroit today, which could last for 60 days.The Occupy Detroit group \u2014 inspired by the protests on Wall Street seeking social, political and economic change \u2014 plans to meet at 4 p.m. today at the Spirit of Detroit statute on Woodward. The group will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}