Citing common cause, the huge Transport Workers' Union, with over 200,000 members, has announced its support for the Occupy Wall Street protest. They plan to join a Friday rally; other unions are following suit.

New York City officials have reversed themselves and announced two investigations - by the police and D.A.'s office - into the pepper spray attack on protesters by NYPD cop Anthony Bologna. Even as a second incriminating video of Bologna randomly macing bystanders surfaced, the Times story was full of bet-hedging and back-pedalling; that, and history, do not bode well.

Activist philosopher Cornel West joined the Occupy Wall Street protest on its 11th day to applaud the “sweet spirit in this place” and denounce “corporate plutocrats who squeeze the democratic juices out of this country.” Also, the Guardian is reconstructing Anthony Bologna's pepper-spraying of protesters and seeks video or eyewitness accounts.