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Occupy activists arrested in several US cities
Monday November 14, 2011 06:31:21 PM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: Occupy
activists confronted the police in several US cities over the
weekend as the authorities made scores of arrests in attempts to
clear public spaces, a few of them occupied for nearly two months.
In yet another tense showdown late Sunday afternoon in Portland,
Oregon, police in riot gear and holding batons, lined up for hours
along a city street, face-to-face with activists who refused to
clear the road and go onto the sidewalk.
This confrontation came hours after more than a dozen people were
arrested as authorities cleared Chapman Square, the last city park
where protesters had gathered, CNN reported citing a police
spokesman.
In Denver, Colorado, two police officers were injured and two
Occupy activists were arrested late Sunday afternoon when
protesters became upset as police began removing a food table from
a park, some of them surrounding a police car, police said.
What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate
greed in New York Sep 17 has spread across some 70 US cities.
In Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter said Sunday he was
increasing police presence near the Occupy Philly camp after the
protesters general assembly voted Friday night not to move from
the plaza.
In Salt Lake City, police said on Twitter 19 people were arrested
Saturday night as authorities moved in to clear an Occupy Salt
Lake encampment at a downtown park.
In Oakland, California, police issued a third notice for
demonstrators to vacate city parks on Saturday, CNN said citing a
police spokesperson. But the protesters did not comply with that
order.
Also Saturday, 27 protesters were arrested in St. Louis after
defying an existing park curfew, authorities said.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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