Occupy St. Louis held a brief seminar on the logistics of getting arrested Friday, ahead of their expected evictions from the Missouri park where they had gathered.
City officials had ordered the park’s nighttime curfew be enforced Friday night, after previously allowing protesters to camp there overnight. Police officers ultimately arrested 27 protesters after midnight Saturday while others left willingly, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
But before that, protesters gathered for a few quick tips about what to do when taken into custody. Among the lessons, captured on video, were to remove belts and shoestrings, keep an ID, and make sure names and emergency contact information were written on the group bulletin board before the main event.
