(CBS) DALLAS - It's already hard enough to get a handle on the goals of the Occupy Now protesters - but is it possible the movement also had a hand in an animal rights protest in Dallas on Black Friday?Authorities said Friday's demonstration at the Neiman Marcus flagship store involved throwing paper cups of fake blood at window displays, and ended with two people in jail, CBS Dallas reported.
Neiman Marcus spokeswoman Ginger Reeder says the store by fur protesters every year on Black Friday. Reeder says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is normally behind the protest, but this year a group calling itself Occupy Now was claiming to have organized it.
Members said they staged the protest with a group calling itself Animal Connection of Texas.
However, Occupy Dallas quickly took to its facebook page to claim Occupy Now was an offshoot group and that they were not responsible.
A police report estimates damage to the store ate around $3,000. According to the report the two people who threw the blood onto the building were arrested without incident.
They were charged with criminal mischief.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57332405-504083/occupy-now-involved-in-anti-fur-protest-at-neiman-marcus/
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