A total of about 600 demonstrators were arrested on Monday afternoon. Many were cuffed in plastic manacles, hustled into waiting school buses and hauled away for processing on charges of crossing police lines. The settlement was negotiated in part by D.C. Executive Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer. Reports from the scene say that protestors are being hand-cuffed with plastic ties and loaded onto yellow buses in preparation for arrest processing. In excess of 500 people may have been taken into custody today, according to MPD Chief Charles Ramsey.
Police are prepared to prevent that from occurring.
Protest leaders have again threatened to shut down today's IMF meeting and block finance ministers from attending. Most other protest activities so far today have been sporadic and largely ineffectual. Other protest activities are scheduled later this morning. There have been some reports of protestors attempting to block intersections with construction materials and over-turned dumpsters. At a news conference earlier today, DC Metro Police Chief Charles Ramsey recommended that local residents avoid travel to areas involved in the demonstrations.