NEW YORK – To some, the drummers in the Manhattan park that’s become the epicenter of Occupy Wall Street are the protest’s energizing force.
But others, including some fellow activists, call the percussionists “poisonous people” whose relentless, pounding beat is now limited to four hours a day. The drummers were the subject of meetings among neighbors complaining about them, too.
And on a rainy night last week, someone stabbed holes into several drums with a knife. More instruments were found broken up and dumped a few blocks away.
Such acts miss the point of the drumming, says Kris Lew, a Manhattan paralegal who shows up daily to hit a cowbell for the group.
“This is the energy that keeps the movement going,” she says.
She has an unlikely supporter — a neighborhood resident.
“It contributes to the positive feeling of the protest,” says attorney Mark Scherzer.
Calling themselves the Pulse, the drummers first appeared in the park
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