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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.
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.
Two activists are charged with burglary, trespassing and obstruction of justice charges. The TC Daily Planet reports they were part of the ongoing Occupy Minnesota protest that moved to a foreclosed home in Minneapolis.
Authorities confiscated more than two dozen tents that were set up outside the Hennepin County Government Center plaza early Sunday. Demonstrators plan to erect more tents across the street from Government Plaza in U.S. Bank Plaza.
A U.S. District Court mediated a settlement between Occupy Minneapolis protesters and Hennepin County officials regarding a suit that challenged county rules governing protesters in public places. As part of the settlement, items confiscated by police and stored by the county will be returned to protesters.
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.
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.
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.