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Occupy Des Moines: Dozens Arrested In Iowa, Including A 14-Year-Old
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Oct 10, 2011 08:44pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dozens were arrested at the first Occupy Des Moines event Sunday night, including a former Iowa state representative and a 14-year-old girl. All but one of them have pleaded not guilty, and some are now asking how much the state's governor knew beforehand.
Video from the event shows police officers dragging or carrying away some protesters. Others were escorted away with their hands zip-cuffed. According to some who were arrested or witnessed the arrests and later spoke with The Huffington Post, many had bruises, cuts and scrapes from the arrests -- and they believed police had used excessive force.
Police arrested the protesters remaining on the Iowa statehouse's west lawn Sunday night for "trespassing" because they said the area closes to the public at 11 p.m. |
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