175 protesters arrested in Chicago
Police arrested 175 people after the member of Occupy Chicago refused to rake down tents and leave Grant Part, “Chicago Tribune” informs.
International media outlets say the organizers did not seek a permit to be in the park after hours, saying they stayed because they need a home base for the growing movement.
"It was very much a choice and calculated," said Randy Powell, a 27-year-old student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who was arrested. "I feel like I had to."
Those arrested were cited with violating municipal code — being in the park after hours — and will have future court dates, police said. Several released from jail rested at a downtown church Sunday morning, taking a few moments to sleep or drink hot tea before heading back to a protest in the city's financial district.