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A handful of Occupy Seattle protestors were arrested on Monday for refusing leave their encampment at Westlake Park. Police forcibly collapsed tents and reportedly rode through the area on bikes demanding occupants clear the area after establishing the tent city on Saturday during the Occupy movement\u2019s Global Day of Action. In Chicago, about 175 protestors were arrested in the early morning hours on Sunday from their camp at Congress Plaza. The Chicago Tribune reports police confronted the group of about 500 protestors just before midnight and warned arrests would be made of all those who remained in violation of the park\u2019s closing time. It took police nearly two hours to make the arrests. One Chicago protestor told the Tribune, \u201cI\u2019d like to ask why (New York Mayor Michael) Bloomberg let the people stay in the park peacefully and clean up their own mess, and Rahm Emanuel won\u2019t let us do the same.\u201d Even though the mass eviction of Occupy New York protestors last Friday from their headquarters at Zucottti Park was called off, a celebratory march turned chaotic. As we reported last week arrests were made by the NYPD who continued to make headlines for aggressive treatment of demonstrators. An officer was caught on video punching a protestor in the face, knocking the man down, and possibly trying to kick him before fellow officers and protestors intervened. In another incident caught on tape, a man\u2019s leg was broken after an officer on a motorcycle ran him over. Swept up in the arrests on that day was Jim Lafferty, Executive Director the National Lawyer\u2019s Guild Los Angeles chapter, visiting Occupy New York. Lafferty and his partner Bonnie Garvin were caught on tape being roughly pulled from a crowd by police. Lafferty was thrown to the ground while being handcuffed. The National Lawyers Guild began offering its services to Occupy protestors beginning with the first arrests, and now Lafferty will be one its clients as well. <\/p>\n
GUEST: Jim Lafferty, Executive Director the the National Lawyer’s Guild Los Angeles chapter and host of The Lawyers Guild radio show every Thursday evening at 7pm here on KPFK<\/em><\/p>\nWatch a video of Lafferty’s arrest: <\/p>\n