Occupy Atlanta-Sen. Vincent Fort Arrested With Other Protesters

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Tuesday October 25, 2011 · 11:39 PM PDT

2011/10/25 · 23:39

A Senator was arrested with others occupying a park in Atlanta, Georgia.

Protesters had been ordered to leave the park. Those waiting to be arrested were sitting in a circle with their arms locked. Police starting handcuffing them with plastic handcuffs around 12:45 a.m. Many protesters would not get up on their own and some had to be dragged. Most protesters went peacefully. The riot squad was on hand but did not participate in the operation.
Some of the people waiting to be arrested waved small American flags. About 40 to 50 people remained inside the park after midnight, including Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), former Atlanta city councilman Derrick Boazman and Joe Beasley, the southern regional director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Several hundred others were in the street, chanting and carrying signs. Fort was arrested around 1 a.m. Bozeman and a man in a wheelchair also were arrested.

Motorcycle police moved in about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday and a helicopter circled overhead. Officers were also on horseback. Police went from tent to tent with flashlights, urging people to leave before a second warning was issued

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