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November 14, 2011

Police Crackdown on Occupy Protests Across the Country 
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In other Occupy Wall Street news, police departments around the country
conducted a number of arrests over the weekend. In St. Louis, Missouri,
authorities arrested 27 people who had set up camp at a downtown plaza.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, 15 people were arrested. In Denver, Colorado,
police arrested a half dozen protesters and removed items such as
mattresses, cooking grills and tents from a city sidewalk. In
California, San Francisco police claim two officers were attacked by a
pair of protesters in separate incidents, resulting in injuries to the
officers. Neither of the alleged assailants were apprehended. In Albany,
New York, roughly two dozen demonstrators were arrested by state
troopers after breaking an 11 p.m. curfew at Lafayette Park, a piece of
state-owned property.



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