PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say 19 Occupy Portland protesters have been arrested in a nighttime crackdown at a downtown park.
Sgt. Pete Riot Simpson says officers moved protesters from South Park blocks around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, after the park was closed a half hour early.
He says 19 who resisted were arrested. Most were cited for criminal trespassing and released by five were jailed.
Occupy Portland demonstrators set up tents in a portion of the park that runs through Southwest Portland earlier Saturday and vowed to stay through the winter.
