PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested a Portland teenager as they were warning protesters of the Occupy Portland movement about sleeping in a downtown park.
Police and park officers were at Shemanski Park Monday morning and said they issued eight written warnings. The park in a downtown museum, theater and music district is open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The police said 18-year-old Brian Matthew Burlingame wouldn’t give his name, was ordered out of the park, and resisted an attempt to detain him. After he was cuffed, the police said, he was booked on charges of trespass, failure to obey a park officer and offensive physical contact.
On Saturday night police arrested 19 demonstrators setting up structures in the South Park blocks.
