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Arrests at Occupy Albany
24 "Occupy Albany" protesters were arrested by State Police after they refused to leave Lafayette Park at the 11 P.M. curfew on Saturday night. Lafayette Park is the state-owned park next to the city-owned half where protesters have been camped out since last month. Posted on November 13, 2011.
Jeremiah Lennox, left, of Galway, and Lauren Ouellette-Bruchez, right, of Cohoes, kneel in silence moments before State Police ordered protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
A protester waves an American flag moments before State Police ordered protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
Protesters moments before State Police ordered protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police before ordering protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
A protester sits with his hands in a handcuff position as State Police make their way into Lafayette Park to enforce the park's 11 P.M. curfew in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
A State Police officer reads a prepared text ordering protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
Protesters moments before State Police ordered protesters out of Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police move in to arrest protesters in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police arresting a protester in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police arresting a protester in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
The State Police vans that protesters were placed in after being arrested in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
Two protesters momentarily blocked the path of vans transporting those that were arrested in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police, left, and Legal Observers for the protesters, right, both videotaping the arrests of protesters in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police arresting a protester in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police arresting a protester in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
State Police arresting protesters in Lafayette Park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing.
A protester waving an American flag on the edge of Lafayette Park as State Police arrest protesters inside the park in Albany on Saturday, November 11, 2011. 24 protesters that stayed past the 11 P.M. curfew were arrested and charged with trespassing while a crowd of supporters watched from the sidewalk.
