The Occupy Movement is sweeping across America.
Just last night, more than 100 protesters from the Occupy Boston demonstrations were arrested after they ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway where they have been for more than a week.
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The Occupy Seattle movement has also had its blockage, with police telling protesters to move from Westlake Park or they would be arrested.
As Reported By The Associated Press:
Police spokesman Jamie Kenneally said the arrests began about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and were mostly for trespassing.
The protesters, part of the national Occupy Wall Street movement, had tried to expand from their original site in Dewey Square to a second site across the street, along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. A local conservancy group recently planted $150,000 worth of shrubs along the greenway and officials said they were concerned about damage.
Boston police had warned protesters for several hours that they would have to return to Dewey Square, where a tent city has been steadily growing, and issued leaflets saying protesters could not occupy the greenway.
In Seattle, participants in a protest in downtown Westlake Park said late Monday that they were told the park is closed and they may be arrested if they remain.
Sharla Laurin, an Occupy Seattle peace and safety facilitator, said announcement was made over a loudspeaker. Protesters heard from the mayor’s office that there weren’t supposed to be any arrests but from Seattle police on the scene that there might be.
Across America everyone from mothers to sons have been occupying the streets of their respective cities and the movement continues to hold. Take a look at the Occupy Seattle protest below.
SOURCE: AP
