Occupy Louisville Protestors Arrested After Clash With Police At Chase Bank In Kentucky

Five Occupy Louisville protestors were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct on Saturday after a clash with police at a Chase Bank branch in Kentucky.

According to reports, members of the Occupy movement were protesting in front of the bank located on Baxter Avenue.

Some protestors were allegedly blocking the doors, making it difficult for customers to enter the establishment. A group of demonstrators reportedly threatened to occupy the inside of the bank, and employees eventually called police to assist in the situation.

Officers arrived and told protestors it was fine to continue the demonstration but that members could not block the entrance to the bank, WHAS News reports.

The news station describes what happened next:

An altercation erupted when a police sergeant attempted to move an occupier from the door. A woman behind the officer appeared to reach for his belt, when he knocked her off. Occupiers moved closer to the officer, chanting, "Shame! Shame!" as he called for backup.

Lark Phillips, an Occupy Louisville spokesperson, estimated that 35 protestors were at the bank on Feb. 25 to protest local home foreclosures, the Courier-Journal reports. She told the newspaper that no one was blocking customers from entering the building.

Police later took a handful of protestors into the building for questioning. When one member refused to comply with the officer's request, another altercation broke out among the crowd, according to the Courier-Journal.

Five members were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Among those arrested, two were also charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, WHAS reports.

The Occupy Louisville Twitter account posted the following message on Saturday night:

@OccupyLou
Occupy Louisville

RT @dreadmalik: Just heard from the lawyer, everyone is going to be released!!!

February 26, 2012 1:18 am via Seesmic Reply Retweet Favorite

As of Feb. 18, about 20 demonstrators remained at the Occupy Louisville base camp, the Associated Press reports. Presence at other camps across the country have also diminished in the last months.

For footage of the clash between police and protestors, watch the full report by WHAS above, or go to @OccupyLou to view videos from Saturday's scuffle.

 

 

Comments

[Bystander]

09:26 AM on 02/29/2012

These OWS "brats" should be spanked and sent to bed without dinner (after they take a bath).

[firecicles]

01:01 PM on 02/28/2012

kentucky is arguably the worst state in the country. They are the state that produces leaders like Mitch McConnel.....

[itswhite]

02:31 PM on 02/28/2012

If you are so unhappy with the leaders, why don't you run for office? No? If you have the answers, why haven't you written them down and presenterd them to your local congressman?

[firecicles]

03:09 PM on 02/28/2012

im happy with my congressman. he does a fine job, i have no complaints. Mitch McConnel on the other hand is a disaster, and ive talked to many people from kentucky that agree.... and most people with a brain conclude that McConnel is a horrible leader

[CipherWise]

12:11 PM on 02/28/2012

The citizens of Louisville have a choice of whether to support
law and order or disorderly conduct.

While law enforcement personnel are involved with the antics
of this movement, a liquor store is being robbed or an "bullied"
high school student is shooting up his school!

What a waste of limited resources.

[moccasinmike]

01:00 PM on 02/28/2012

CipherWise-as does the OWS protesters as conscienteous citizens should realize that there antics pull police away from othere dutys,in a poll the pd wins hands down as choice goes,as the waste of time is this gathering of non-directional subversives,if they were so concerned they would realize this,they are selfish lot who feel the have a divine right to civil disobedience.

[itswhite]

02:13 PM on 02/28/2012

You just wrote nothing. Are you trying to justify what the protesters do to people and property?

[williamabn]

12:45 PM on 02/29/2012

The OWS have a history of destructive and confrontational behavior . And no one , Not even OWS members can deny that if there honest . They refuse to obtain a permit when they have a protest rally yet everyone else does . Including Boy scouts , Church groups even the K.K.K. But they are somehow entitled to not follow our simple laws . Instead they have a grandiose feeling that 99 % of the American population is behind them and they get to do what they damned well please . They are out of control and no matter there cause they need to stop . There shameful .

[philliplojek]

12:08 PM on 02/28/2012

OWS protesters arrested is not news. If they were peaceful, now that would be news.

[Acebass]

11:28 AM on 02/29/2012

Was our revolution peaceful? What was that the Teabaggers always say about spilling blood for liberty?

[williamabn]

12:47 PM on 02/29/2012

This isn't the revolutionary war . Not even close . No comparison what so ever . Your feeling a little grandiose .

[hertamania]

11:46 AM on 02/28/2012

If you bought Chinese products at Walmart in the last 10-15 years you may be out of work becasue of it. If your business bought Chinese products or moved production to China you may be out of work.
People want to blame someone else for the lack of jobs but it comes down to the American people since 70% of the economy here is consumer driven. I know because I sell American made building products against Chinese made products. We don't sell through the home stores but on commercial jobs. So if you are a buyer or facilities manager ask your vendor for American made products in your building, the job you save or create may be your fellow Americans. The government can't help you only you can.

[cabinetmaker]

11:41 AM on 02/28/2012

didn't several cops go to the hospital after being hit by flying objects?

bottles?

I read they have the amunition and lifted finger prints

[itswhite]

12:24 PM on 02/28/2012

Yes, because that is peaceful.

[Acebass]

11:29 AM on 02/29/2012

No, but that didn't stop you from spreading a senseless rumor to that effect...

[vietnamvet1967]

10:13 AM on 02/28/2012

Some protestors were allegedly blocking the doors, making it difficult for customers to enter the establishment

Tell them to come really South, not Kentucky, and try and block the doors, They better have good medicial Insurance, cause they going to need it

[Acebass]

11:33 AM on 02/29/2012

So that's what you fought in the war for? To suppress freedom of speech? Some acted inappropriately but most were withing the law. But wait we all know how you "southerners" handled peaceful protesters back in the 60s...nice to know things haven't changed much...

[williamabn]

01:00 PM on 02/29/2012

So have you obtained the proper legal permits to hold your protest freedom of speech gatherings ? If not your freedom of speech is null and void because your assembly is breaking the law . 1953 supreme court ruling dealing with unlawful assembly and required permits . The Boy Scouts , Church groups and even the K.K.K. gets permits . Who untitled the OWS to not require them .

[Andrew Nutra]

07:28 PM on 02/27/2012

Like harassing bank retail workers will bring on a new world order!

[williamabn]

12:52 PM on 02/29/2012

Andrew , They want a hostile take over and put a socialist utopian government in its place . But they only hint at that and won't openly admit it . I think if Fidel Castro was feeling better they would vote him in .

[snoopydance1984]

03:06 PM on 02/29/2012

Wow, you made that up. That's so not true at all. Please occupy a brain and read up on what this movement is truly about.

And when you lose your good-paying job and have to try to make it on $8 an hour, we'll see who will be handing out the insults then.

[Archie Bonker]

07:25 PM on 02/27/2012

They should not use Non-Lethal weapons on OWS protesters.

[sherlockhemlock]

05:44 AM on 02/28/2012

R.a.p.e. and pillage much?

[itswhite]

12:26 PM on 02/28/2012

No, but we don't block businesses. We don't vandalize. You do and are breaking the law. Beanbag shotguns. Rocksalt and the like should be used. As a taxpayer, I wouldn't mind spending money on that. Go do something with your life and quit waiting for someone to do it for you.

[Acebass]

11:35 AM on 02/29/2012

Man, I can't believe the ignorant comments coming out of this incident. So they should be killed for exercising their free speech rights?

[Archie Bonker]

01:05 PM on 02/29/2012

Gota love Free Speech.

[snoopydance1984]

07:04 PM on 02/27/2012

I'm from Louisville and I would love to "occupy a job." I really would. All of the occupy a job comments have inspired me to share my story here.

Louisville has more-or-less become the "Detroit of the South." I was born and raised here, but because my parents aren't rich or connected, I've never been able to fit in at school and now, I'm having a hard time finding work because I don't have any connections and I don't go to pastor Billy Bob's church and kiss the pastor's behind, so to speak.

Most of the people who live here are very closed-minded and rude. The only time I see any kind of Southern hospitality from many Louisvillians is during the Derby. I've met a few nice people here and there, but very few.

[snoopydance1984]

07:06 PM on 02/27/2012

There are not any living-wage job opportunities here unless you know someone. I'm not kidding. I have applied for hundreds of jobs in the last 5 years I've been out of college. I even recently got a billing and coding certificate and the jobs I see on the internet are few and far between. Many times I see the same job postings 4 or 5 times online. When I apply for any jobs I do find, I'm either getting nothing but rejection e-mails every time I turn around, or I just never hear back. Or if an employer or temp agency does call me, they do phone screeners and make me take all of these silly tests that I normally pass with flying colors and I still don't hear back.

On average, I get about 5-6 interviews a year out of the hundreds of jobs I apply to. Of those interviews, I have yet to be offered a job. Discrimination is alive and well here - they might post a lot of jobs on the internet, but they always go to friends and relatives. Every single time.

[snoopydance1984]

07:31 PM on 02/27/2012

God knows I've tried. I personally feel like I did everything I was supposed to do - I went to college, got a good degree and now a certificate too, and the American dream is nowhere in sight. My future will most likely be several part-time minimum-wage jobs which I'm already currently doing. Degrees and certificates don't matter in a town where education is supposed to pay. If you aren't connected, too bad, so sad, we're not going to hire you - that's the mentality of the employers here.

And before anyone says if you don't like it, leave, I would love to do just that. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to relocate.

The point I'm making with my story is we would not have all of these people protesting if there were good-paying decent jobs here. If there were good-paying jobs here, people wouldn't be losing their homes either. I know not all of you will agree with my comment and that's fine, but put yourself in the shoes of myself and other people in Louisville and other cities who are struggling right now and you can see why so many of us are so frustrated and upset with what's happening to our country.

[Endsieg]

07:10 PM on 02/27/2012

Move

[snoopydance1984]

07:12 PM on 02/27/2012

Easier said than done. I can't afford to move.

[sherlockhemlock]

05:47 AM on 02/28/2012

Take your own advice.

[prvrtbl1]

06:25 PM on 02/27/2012

BLUEREDMOLLY I asked you what the protesters were protesting and your typical radical liberal reply was I didnt vote for bush twice. daaah couldnt answer you must be a paid commentator. or just plain ignorant

[longnkrnch]

05:34 PM on 02/27/2012

Why aren't they "occupying" any cities in the southern states? And for the record, I don't mean California. They don't qualify as anything, but, well.....California.

[Andrew Nutra]

08:57 AM on 02/28/2012

Yeah, really. How about protesting, looting and burning the flag at a NASCAR event, or in Sturgis, or any country music concert really.

[vietnamvet1967]

10:17 AM on 02/28/2012

Because they would have to have Medical Insurance REAL GOOD , Tell them Punks to come to SC and try and stop customers from going to the bank

[evil1164]

05:30 PM on 02/27/2012

Reaching for an officers duty belt. These OWS wont be happy until they get themselves or someone else killed.

[sherlockhemlock]

06:05 AM on 02/28/2012

Hmm. Maybe you won't be happy until you see that happen.

[itswhite]

12:31 PM on 02/28/2012

Why would you think that of someone who you've never met?

[longnkrnch]

05:28 PM on 02/27/2012

When will the OWS video game come out.

[longnkrnch]

05:27 PM on 02/27/2012

Can't wait for that post apocalyptic world to kick in. We're almost there.