The Occupy Wall Street movement is taking its anti-corporate message directly to Black Friday shoppers.
Ten Occupy Oklahoma City protesters were arrested Friday morning after a protest at a Walmart store in Del City, Okla., The Oklahoman reported.
Del City police Capt. Jody Suit told the newspaper that officers working off-duty security jobs at the store called for assistance about 2 a.m. because the protesters were causing disturbances in the back of the store.
One of those arrested, Mark Faulk, 55, of Oklahoma City told the newspaper that he was filming the group's "mic check" — in which one member of the group shouts something and then the others in the group repeat what the speaker said — when “Del City police ran and started tackling people from behind.”
Occupy protests targeted other retailers across the country.
More than a dozen Occupy Honolulu protesters demonstrated in front of a Walmart store in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the predawn hours, NBC station KHNL of Honolulu reported.
Occupy Atlanta planned to go even further, setting up its own "really, really free market" downtown as an alternative to Black Friday shopping:
Organizer Tim Franzen said the market Friday in Woodruff Park will feature free food, clothing and other items. He said demonstrators want to focus on the people who are struggling to make ends meet while banks and corporations bring in millions during Friday's shopping tradition.
