Chicago protest ends with 175 arrests
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October 17, 2011, Monday
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ABOUT 175 protesters who were part of a growing anti-Wall Street movement were arrested in Chicago early yesterday when they refused to take down their tents and leave a city park when it closed, police said.
The arrests were mostly peaceful and came as somewhat of a contrast to many demonstrators elsewhere, who have taken care to follow the law in order to continue protesting Wall Street's role in the financial crisis and other grievances.
Most of the marches were largely nonconfrontational, though dozens were arrested in New York and elsewhere in the US when police moved to contain overflowing crowds or keep them off private property. Two officers in New York were injured and had to be hospitalized.
In Chicago, about 500 people set up camp at the entrance to Grant Park on Saturday evening after a protest involving about 2,000, the Chicago Tribune reported. Police said they gave protesters repeated warnings after the park closed at 11 pm and began making arrests when they refused to leave.
Protesters could face fines for violating a municipal ordinance.
In New York, two dozen were arrested on Saturday when demonstrators entered a Citibank branch and refused to leave, police said. They asked the branch to close until the protesters could be taken away.
Earlier, as many as 1,000 demonstrators also paraded to a Chase bank branch, banging drums, blowing horns and carrying signs decrying corporate greed. A few went inside the bank to close their accounts, but the group didn't stop other customers from getting inside or seek to blockade the business.
Lily Paulina of Brooklyn said she was taking her money out because she was upset that JPMorgan Chase was making billions of dollars, while its customers struggled with bank fees and home foreclosures.
"Chase bank is making tons of money off of everyone while people in the working class are fighting just to keep a living wage," the 29-year-old United Auto Workers organizer said.
Police told the marchers to stay on the sidewalk, and the demonstration seemed fairly orderly as it wound through downtown streets.
The arrests were mostly peaceful and came as somewhat of a contrast to many demonstrators elsewhere, who have taken care to follow the law in order to continue protesting Wall Street's role in the financial crisis and other grievances.
Most of the marches were largely nonconfrontational, though dozens were arrested in New York and elsewhere in the US when police moved to contain overflowing crowds or keep them off private property. Two officers in New York were injured and had to be hospitalized.
In Chicago, about 500 people set up camp at the entrance to Grant Park on Saturday evening after a protest involving about 2,000, the Chicago Tribune reported. Police said they gave protesters repeated warnings after the park closed at 11 pm and began making arrests when they refused to leave.
Protesters could face fines for violating a municipal ordinance.
In New York, two dozen were arrested on Saturday when demonstrators entered a Citibank branch and refused to leave, police said. They asked the branch to close until the protesters could be taken away.
Earlier, as many as 1,000 demonstrators also paraded to a Chase bank branch, banging drums, blowing horns and carrying signs decrying corporate greed. A few went inside the bank to close their accounts, but the group didn't stop other customers from getting inside or seek to blockade the business.
Lily Paulina of Brooklyn said she was taking her money out because she was upset that JPMorgan Chase was making billions of dollars, while its customers struggled with bank fees and home foreclosures.
"Chase bank is making tons of money off of everyone while people in the working class are fighting just to keep a living wage," the 29-year-old United Auto Workers organizer said.
Police told the marchers to stay on the sidewalk, and the demonstration seemed fairly orderly as it wound through downtown streets.
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