Manhattan, NY – A 24-year-old Canadian was taken into police custody after he scaled a 40-foot-tall steel sculpture not far from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City.
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Dylan Spoelstra, of Toronto, went up the reddish orange structure at about 6 a.m. Saturday near Zuccotti Park, and said he wasn’t coming down until Mayor Michael Bloomberg resigned.
Police negotiated with him for more than two hours before he voluntarily came down at about 9:15 a.m.
Police say he would be sent to Bellevue Hospital Center for a psychiatric evaluation. It’s not clear if he will face criminal charges.
Other members of the Occupy Wall Street encampment told reporters the stunt was an unfortunate distraction.
Apparenty he is not crazy if he wanted third term Bloomberg to resign. The third term was illegal.
Bloomy needs to resign but how will that help corrupted wall st
Of course he is a nut job. If he has a problem with the economy in this Country he should go back home to Canada, ay.
so many nuts, so little time.
This is a blessing to him. He will get medical attention for his afflictions. He is very fortunate not to have broken his arm or leg or been injured in any physical manner.
At least Bellevue will get paid for caring for this man. He will be covered by his Ontario provincial health plan. Most of the time, these demonstrators have no medical insurance of any kind. Of course, Ontario will only pay the amount that they would have paid for the same services had they been provided in Ontario, but getting some money is better than another freebie being provided by the tax payers of NY.