How is this like the Tea Party?

(NYDN) — Protesters stormed through downtown Manhattan on Wednesday night to proclaim solidarity with fellow demonstrators who were forced out of encampments in Oakland, Calif., and Atlanta, Ga.

The drama unfolded when about 400 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched from Zuccotti Park to City Hall only to be met by a swarm of cops about 9 p.m.

The crowd quickly rerouted and began walking up Broadway towards Union Square only to be met by a police barricade near Reade St.

As organizers tried in vain to call off the march, scores of demonstrators splintered off and broke through a wall of cops — some of them even swiping a roll of orange netting used to kettle the large crowd.

“We wanted to go to City Hall to show solidarity with Oakland,” said Katama Rose, 22. “We wanted to come out and talk about how that wasn’t okay.”

But when protesters were held at bay by cops, “that’s when everything broke loose,” Rose said.

At least 10 people were arrested as the wild mob took to the streets towards Union Square chanting, “Oakland to NYC, stop police brutality.”

The group clogged traffic for several blocks in Soho and Greenwich Village after some urged fellow protesters to disobey police orders to stay on the sidewalks.

“We were blocking traffic, linked arm to arm,” said Patrick Bruner, 23.

Andy Davenport, 26, encouraged protesters to ignore police “because it’s in direct contradiction to the law,” he said. “This is how you fight the police state.”