Raleigh citizens, it’s your tax dollars at work, as reported by Carolina Journal’s David Bass.
In Raleigh, city government spent $26,300 for additional police protection during a kickoff rally the weekend of Oct. 15, according to estimates from the Raleigh Police Department. Since then, the additional tab for policing protesters lined up on the sidewalk near the Capitol grounds has been $1,500 per day.
The public costs aren’t confined to the Tar Heel State. Occupy Seattle already has cost the city an estimated $105,000. In Boston, that figure was expected to be more than $2 million by the end of October. New York City puts the cost of overtime for police at $1.9 million.
