Alaska News

Two Occupy Anchorage protestors arrested at 5th Avenue Mall

According to KTUU-TV, two protesters associated with the "Occupy Anchorage" protest movement were arrested for trespassing Saturday afternoon at downtown's 5th Avenue Mall.

According to the account, the two protesters, dressed in hazmat suits, allegedly caused a disturbance by dumping a pile of play money on the doorstep of the mall's Wells Fargo branch, and making loud noises while picking it up.

Some attendees claimed online that mall security harassed them.

Anchorage police say other protestors were present at the scene, but weren't arrested.

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Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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