Day One - Occupy The MidWest Conference - 3.15.12
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Date: 2012-03-16

Occupy The MidWest Regional Conference - Spring 2012 - Day 1
St. Louis, MO - March 15, 2012  

Occupiers from around the MidWest gathered in St. Louis, MO to participate in a weekend full of teach-ins, peaceful marches and rallies, general assemblies, and fellowship.

Day One included a march in downtown St. Louis visiting Bank of America, The Federal Reserve, and the St. Louis Arch for the first General Assembly of Occupy Midwest.

In the evening, hundreds of peaceful occupiers (including children) rallied at Compton Hill Reservoir Park and were violently dispersed with excessive force by the St. Louis police department.  Over a dozen occupiers were arrested, many of them unnecessarily beaten and tazed by police while attempting to relocate the camp on the public sidewalks and streets of the city.

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