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Wall Street protests planned in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg

PHILADELPHIA — The Occupy Philadelphia protests are set to enter the second week of their encampment at City Hall as new Wall Street-style protests are now being planned across Pennsylvania this weekend.

The Philadelphia group marked its first full week at the City Hall plaza Thursday, with police and organizers reporting no arrests so far related to the protest. Protesters are vowing to remain camped out in tents around City Hall and voicing a disparate array of concerns including sympathy with the Wall Street protests in New York, as well as opposition to corporate influence on government and the war, among other issues.

Similar rallies are being planned in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg this weekend.

In Pittsburgh, police have approved a permit for an Occupy Pittsburgh march and rallies on Saturday, but the city hasn’t said what it will do if some protesters try to camp on some private, grassy property near the BNY Mellon headquarters downtown.

Near the Philadelphia protest area but in an apparently unrelated incident, a 26-year-old homeless man was arrested for breaking windows of five storefronts with a brick. Police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers said the man, who has mental health issues, is known to police and has been arrested before. Steve Ross, a spokesman for Occupy Philadelphia, said protesters were not involved in that the group condemned the acts.

Philadelphia Managing Director Richard Negrin sent the protesters a list of public safety concerns he says must be addressed. Graffiti and public urination must stop, Negrin said, and structures made of pallets must be moved away from the wall of City Hall. Dozens of police are on patrol in the area.

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