February 10, 2012
Occupy DC Protesters Invade CPAC 2012 Hotel, Ejected By Police
Tommy Christopher | 5:18 pm, February 10th, 2012
On day two of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Occupy DC created a few disturbances. A group of several hundred protesters tried to advance on the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, but were turned away by police, who also threatened to arrest Slate’s Dave Weigel. A bit later, a group of about 20 Occupiers managed to crash the hotel, chanting “We are the 99%!”. They were quickly removed by police and hotel security
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