Woo-hoo! Occupy Anchorage got some arrests! [View All]

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We have arrived. :)

We had a little "action" this afternoon, marching to the Wells Fargo branch at the Fifth Avenue Mall, then someone threw a bunch of fake money out on the floor in front of the bank followed by four people in hazmat suits sweeping up the dirty money, the toxic assets, you get the picture. Lots of chanting going on, "Banks got bailouts, we got sold out." All the shoppers stop and take pictures with their cell phones, then the mall police went all Dirty Harry, taking people down to the ground and pushing people around. It was great.

Two people were held and were given citations for trespassing -- even though we were in the common area -- but the really cool part is that the Anchorage Police came by the encampment, wanting details, and suggesting that anyone who had undue force used against them should file an assault complaint against the mall cops. The Anchorage chief of police actually was there, and he said no protesters have been arrested in Anchorage, and he sees no reason to start now. I'm thinking the two who got the citations will probabloy be let off.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and we came out on top. People in the mall were cheering. :)


I'll post some photos later. I'm having some issues with my computer, but I'll get them up as soon as I can.