October 14, 2011
Wrong People Arrested on Wall Street
Goldman Boss: ‘Thought They Were Finally Coming for Us’

By Andy Borowitz

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - Millions of Americans cheered the news
on Friday that arrests had finally been made on Wall Street, but were
soon disappointed to learn that the wrong people had been taken into
custody.

“I was like, finally they’re going to get those *******s,” said Tracy
Klugian, 27, of Queens, New York, whose hopes were raised by an “Arrests
on Wall Street” graphic he saw on CNN. “I guess it was too good to be
true.”

NYPD spokesman Frank Hannefy explained the controversial decision to
arrest Occupy Wall Street protesters while leaving the people who had
brought the nation’s economy to the brink of Armageddon unmolested.

“As far as soulless individuals pillaging the country for their personal
gain, that’s none of our business,” he said. “But we’ll be damned if
we’re going to let people march on newly seeded grass.”

At banking giant Goldman Sachs, chairman Lloyd Blankfein admitted that
when he heard police sirens outside his building, “I was sure they were
finally coming for us.”

The Goldman chief said he started running up and down the halls
“screaming at people to feed the document shredder like Chris Christie
at a pie-eating contest.”

Mr. Blankfein said that he felt “palpable relief” when he realized that
the police had come to arrest the protesters and were leaving the
bankers at large.

“That was a close one,” he said, chuckling. “We’re all going to have a
good laugh about this over the weekend in the Caymans.”

Elsewhere, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced what he called his
"1-1-1" plan: "Every American gets 1 percent tax, 1 mandatory
vaccination, and 1 execution."