Dozens of protesters arrested during Occupy DC clash with police

by Jamie Coughlin | Dec 5, 2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON- Occupy DC’s daylong standoff with police and numerous arrests of protesters Sunday thrust Washington’s McPherson Square into the national spotlight. Major media outlets were on hand to witness National Park Police moving in after protesters erected a...

Police tear down Occupy DC’s makeshift community center; arrests made

by Jamie Coughlin | Dec 4, 2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Sunday night Washington and Park Service police tore down a makeshift, wooden community center erected by Occupy DC protestors in McPherson Square. At 11 a.m. the protestors were given a 12 p.m. deadline to disassemble the shelter, but failed to do...

Union organizers, quasi-Catholic cleric lead ‘Occupy DC’ march across Key Bridge

by Jamie Coughlin | Nov 17, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics

Video by Jamie Coughlin | Story by Mia Watkins WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Occupy DC supporters took over the Francis Scott Key Bridge linking Washington D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood with the Rosslyn area of Arlington, Va. on Thursday during the evening rush hour. The...

Inside Occupy DC, talk turns to ‘violence’ and ‘revolution’

by Jamie Coughlin | Nov 14, 2011 | Business & Tech

Although protesters in the nation’s capital still insist Occupy DC is non-violent, the public is increasingly skeptical. But many protesters are insisting that a fringe element of the movement — not the mainstream of protesters — is causing problems like those seen in...

I scream, you scream, protesters scream for ice cream

by Jamie Coughlin | Nov 14, 2011 | Business & Tech

Occupy DC protesters lined up for sweet treats from Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of the Burlington, Vt. ice cream company, Ben and Jerry’s. Cohen and Greenfield handed out free ice cream to the protesters as a way to show their support for the...