OccupyMN gear up for new round of protests

After a winter hiatus, organizers of the local Occupy movement are preparing to start up again in downtown Minneapolis. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports officials are gearing up for a rally and march on Saturday. There are hints of more events on April 7.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Mar 28, 2012

After a winter hiatus, organizers of the local Occupy movement are preparing to start up again in downtown Minneapolis. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports officials are gearing up for a rally and march on Saturday. There are hints of more events on April 7.

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The Star Tribune reports the occupiers were taken into custody for violating a public nuisance ordinance. Occupy movement activists started marching through busy streets and blocking traffic after police ordered them to take down their tents in a downtown plaza Saturday evening.

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A woman participating in the OccupyMN movement said she was sexually assaulted early Friday morning at Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The woman told Minneapolis police she thought the man who assaulted her was also part of the movement.

Police are preparing for demonstrators to pitch tents Saturday in Peavey Plaza and nearby Loring Park. The Star Tribune reports no one can stay in the park overnight and that ordinance will be enforced.

The TC Daily Planet is reporting some demonstrators connected to the OccupyMN movement have occupied a foreclosed home in north Minneapolis to keep the residents from being evicted. The protesters say they intend to stay in the home and in tents on the property until U.S. Bank agrees to renegotiate the mortgage. They say they will resist if authorities try to forcefully evict the residents.

Michael Anthony Bounds and Devin Lee Wynn-Shemanek, both 19, were arrested Saturday evening during an OccupyMN protest in a foreclosed home in south Minneapolis. Authorities have not revealed why the two were taken into custody.

With the weather turning cooler, organizers say they're prepared to defy an agreement with authorities and set up shelters. City Pages says organizers are making a final plea and asking police to sanction tents.

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