Hundreds of Occupy D.C. Protesters Block Conservatives From Leaving Summit
Hundreds of Occupy D.C. protesters descended on the city’s convention center Friday night, blocking the streets around where a conservative group was gathered for an annual summit.
Demonstrators staged a “sit in” around the convention center for several hours and barred individuals inside from leaving the area, the Washington Post
reported.
Three protesters were struck by a car, authorities told the Post. They were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“The protesters were apparently trying to block the roadway,” D.C. police Lt.
Christopher Micciche told the Associated Press. “It was essentially an accident where three individuals were injured but they were in violation by being in the roadway.”
Micciche said the car’s driver was not cited because he had a green light when his vehicle struck the protesters, who “either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle.” He said one pedestrian jumped on the hood of the car. One of them was cited for being in the roadway.
Protesters surrounded the driver’s car and shouted “Shame!” before he left, D.C.’s local Fox affiliate reported.
Occupy D.C. posted on its
Twitter account that several protesters were arrested, though police told media outlets there had been no arrests.
Videos posted to YouTube and Twitter show large crowds massed in front of the convention center, chanting and shouting where the Americans for Prosperity “Defending the American Dream” summit was taking place. Americans for Prosperity is funded in part by Charles and David Koch, the brothers who run Koch Industries — apparently part of the reason protesters targeted the event.
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