PASADENA, Calif. — The 2012 Tournament of Roses brought its flowery floats and strutting bands to a worldwide audience Monday under clear blue skies, and in its wake came a scruffier parade — hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters. The 123rd annual New Years Day event, with the theme Just Imagine, flowed along downtown Pasadena to the cheers of hundreds of thousands of sidewalk spectators. An estimated 40 million people viewed this years procession of 44 floats, 16 marching bands and 22 equestrian troupes on U.S. television. There were 10 arrests overnight, including four felonies, as thousands of spectators staked out viewing places along the route but that figure was down from the previous year, police said. 12 Photos Rose Bowl parade occupied Everything went very, very well. Were very pleased, police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said. On the heels of the two-hour parade came several thousand anti-Wall Street protesters in a pre-arranged demonstration. The thunder of the retreating marching bands mingled in the air with chants of Banks got bailed out, we got sold out as the Occupy the Rose Parade demonstrators retraced about 1.5 miles of the 5.5-mile parade route before veering off for a rally near City Hall. cbsnews/8301-201_162-57350999/rose-bowl-parade-gets-occupied/
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:22:38 +0000
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