Occupy Seattle targets Chase CEO speech

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Several hundred Occupy Seattle demonstrators protested in the rain Wednesday night outside a hotel where JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was invited to speak

SEATTLE —
Several hundred Occupy Seattle demonstrators protested in the rain Wednesday night outside a hotel where JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was invited to speak.

Police used pepper spray to clear a side entrance so Sheraton Seattle Hotel patrons could enter or leave, The Seattle Times reported.

Six protesters were arrested Wednesday afternoon for criminal trespass and obstructing at a Chase Bank branch in a Seattle neighborhood.

Police also used pepper spray on that earlier crowd when at least 10 officers were physically assaulted while putting the arrested protesters in a paddy wagon, police spokesman Jeff Kappel said. At least two officers suffered minor injuries, he said. /snip

More... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016674646_apwaoccupyseattle4thldwritethru.html

ETA:

Here's a piece from a Times staff writer -- some other stuff included. He says "put yourself in my shoes -- what would you do?". He considers himself a Conservative Dem, and like MANY of those in his strata, they really believe they're good people (and I'm sure they are), but they just don't GET IT. nt

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2. Why didn't they use the pepper spray on Dimon?

Why didn't they arrest him?