Fwd: Arrests at World Bank Protest

Chris Doss itschris13 at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 10 14:28:03 PDT 2000



>From: Mark Adams <adamsm at btinternet.com>
>To: SocialistsUnmoderated at debs.pinko.net
>Subject: Arrests at World Bank Protest
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:54:24 +0100
>
>*** World Bank protesters arrested
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) - Ratcheting up their protests in advance of the
>world finance ministers' meetings this weekend, demonstrators Monday
>briefly blocked a street near the World Bank headquarters. Police
>said seven protesters were arrested, including some who chained
>themselves to a rental truck blocking that thoroughfare -
>Pennsylvania Avenue - and others who tried to hang a banner on the
>building. A small group of some 20 demonstrators chanted as police
>cleared the road, which remained blocked for about 45 minutes by the
>peaceful protest. The demonstrators taken into custody offered no
>resistance, police said. See
>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565589490-5df
>
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