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Danny Glover Tells Occupy L.A. Protesters: 'We Don't Need Weekend Warriors, We Need 24/7 Warriors'

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Actor Danny Glover got the crowd at Occupy L.A. fired up last night.

"We don't need weekend warriors," he told the protesters camped out at City Hall. "We need 24/7 warriors."

Glover has a long history of activism. Last year he was one of a dozen arrested at a labor union protest in Maryland.

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