Occupy Chicago protesters in Grant Park
Πηγή: The Guardian
By Reuters
Oct 23 2011
Demonstrators erected tents and refused to leave Grant Park after its closing time, police say
About 130 protesters have been arrested at an Occupy Chicago demonstration after they erected tents and refused to leave a park after its closing time, police said.
The breakup of the protest in Grant Park, next to Lake Michigan, was the second mass arrest of demonstrators from Occupy Chicago in the past week. Last weekend about 175 protesters were arrested.
The protesters were charged with violating a city ordinance and most were released after agreeing to appear in court, Chicago police said.
Grant Park, which was the site of massive anti-war protests during the Democratic convention in 1968, is closed after 11pm.
The Occupy protests began more than a month ago in New York and focus on anger over government bailouts of big banks and persistent high unemployment.
Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have been arrested in New York, and there have been numerous arrests in Tampa, Cincinnati, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Denver and other cities.
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