More than five dozen protesters upset about what they call corporate greed and the excessive influence of money in politics were arrested Wednesday after shutting down K Street, home to many of the city's influential lobbying firms, in a mass demonstration that snarled mid-day traffic in the nation's capital.
The arrests came as demonstrators from across the country converged on K Street for a march that included participants from Occupy Wall Street encampments as well as other groups — including unions — sympathetic to their message about income inequality. D.C. police had made 62 arrests by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, said spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump. Sixty-one of the arrests were for obstructing a public highway and an additional arrest was made for a misdemeanor assault on a police officer.
Dozens of Occupy DC protesters were arrested on K Street in Washington D.C. today for obstruction of a public highway. Officer Hugh Carew from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said that 62 people have been arrested. Of the 62, the public affairs official stated 61 were for obstruction of a public highway.
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