Posted on 11/10/2011 9:30:29 AM PST by caldera599
NORFOLK
Police arrested six protesters this morning while disbanding the Occupy Norfolk campsite at Commercial Place downtown. The protesters' tents were removed in a move by the city that they said was unexpected.
The arrests were peaceful, although some protesters taunted police in riot gear while officers blocked off the park so public works crews could take down tents and clean it.
Shortly after 9 a.m., two people were placed into handcuffs as protesters shouted at officers who would not allow them back into the park.
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