The protesters, dressed in green and speaking in English accents,--evoking the 13th century 'steal-from-the-rich, give-to-the-poor' Robin Hood-- marched on City Hall Thursday in a joint effort between Occupy Wall Street, Vocal-NY and World AIDS Day organizers.
The activists, joined by a crowd of nearly 200, demanded implementation of a Financial Transaction Tax on Wall Street and a New York State millionaires tax in order to fund the fight against AIDS here in New York (there are 110,000 HIV-positive New Yorkers, more than any other American city) and worldwide.
After the Hoods were arrested for doing a "die-in" at the intersection of Broadway and Park Place and blocking traffic, cops at the seventh precinct allegedly and sadistically ate two large pizzas sent to the activists by some supporters at Housing Works.
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