The grand marshal of Occupy the Rose Parade-Greedy The Octopus!

The one thing you can say about the Occupy movement is that they’ve never met a publicity stunt they didn’t like.  From organizing tent cities in parks to getting arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court, the Occupy Wall Street crew knows how to get attention.  However, yesterday they pulled their biggest stunt to date.  Not long after the end of the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade in beautiful Pasadena, California ended, the Occupy the Rose Parade movement threw its own parade, following the Rose Bowl parade route for 1.5 of the 5.5 mile journey.

As the protesters followed in the wake of the Rose Parade, so followed the LAPD.  Three trucks of Los Angeles police in riot gear followed the Occupy LA parade, which featured a massive replica of the Constitution of the United States–some 250 feet long–and a 70-foot octopus made of trash bags that represented corporate greed.  The crowds were estimated at about 5000; the parade was noisy, but perfectly legal and no arrests were made.

Occupy LA worked with the LAPD and the Tournament of Roses Parade to ensure that the protest didn’t interfere with the actual parade.

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