This Just In: Dozens of Occupy DC Protesters Arrested
Monday, December 5, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Dozens of Occupy DC protestors were arrested
yesterday after they put up a 15-foot-tall wood
shelter at their McPherson Square encampment to
provide a warm gathering place as winter
weather set in. Although the shelter was
intended to be temporary, the National Park
Police ordered it taken down, leading to a
daylong standoff with occupiers. Michael
Patterson, 21, of Anchorage, told the Washington
Post the structure was also meant to
symbolize the need to house the homeless. At
presstime late Sunday night there did not seem
to be any movement by either the Park Police or
the DC police to clear the rest of the Occupy
DC encampment, but this is a rapidly-changing
situation and we will keep you posted on
developments – especially if there’s a need
for labor support – via Twitter
(follow us @dclabor), on our website and
special edition(s) of Union City, as necessary.
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report/photo by Julia Kann