Thousands marched in Detroit on October 14, 2011. The event was sponsored by Occupy Detroit and resulted in the occupation of Grand Circus Park. (Photo: Kris Hamel), a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
October 17, 2011
http://detnews.com/article/20111017/METRO02/110170422
5 arrested in Occupy Detroit protest at Oakland GOP office
MIKE MARTINDALE
The Detroit News
Three men and two woman were arrested this afternoon when they refused to leave the Oakland County Republican Party offices on Woodward Avenue during a demonstration.
About 100 demonstrators, chanting and carrying signs, showed up around 3:30 p.m., expressed their anger at Republicans for opposing federal legislation advocated by President Barack Obama that some estimate might create more than 11,000 jobs in Michigan.
"This is serious business," said the Rev. Charles Williams II of the King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, who led the group inside the small offices. "People want to work, people need jobs and the Republicans are playing games with legislation in Washington.
"This is no game."
Most of the group left the building after 10 minutes, chanting: "We will be back."
The protesters are part of a growing national movement that started on Wall Street a month ago to express demands for a change in politics.
Dennis Pittman, executive director of the Oakland County Republican Party, was the only person in the building when the protesters arrived. He said the demonstrators yelled slogans demanding jobs at him but caused no damage.
In a phone interview, he said. "Their issues are not disputable. We all want jobs. But I think the way they're going about doing it is wrong."
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