Three arrested today at port protest
The Olympian
November 11, 2007
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/268547.html

Three people were arrested and two others were sprayed with pepper spray
this morning as protests of military-cargo shipments returning through
the Port of Olympia continued.

About 8:45 a.m., protestors began marching back and forth across
Franklin Street at the Market Street intersection. And as 18-wheelers
towing cargo began rolling down Market Street about five minutes later,
two protestors laid down in the road, creating a human blockade. Police
officers sprayed both with pepper spray.

Another caravan of vehicles began leaving the port about 9:45 a.m.,
prompting protestors to run out ahead of the vehicles. Police arrested
at least one man who witnesses said was in the road and later arrested
two others.

Protests at the port began Tuesday. On Saturday, 12 people were arrested.

So far, the protest Sunday has been quieter than Saturday, police said.

"That's certainly what we'd prefer to see," Olympia Police
administrative services manager Dick Machlan said.

Between 30 and 40 officers are working today as a result of the
protests, Machlan said. Olympia police are getting additional support
from Lacey, Tumwater and Thurston County law enforcement agencies.

For more on this story, check theolympian.com later today and read
Monday's edition of The Olympian.