TJ Max Designated Highly Sensitive Location and No Free Speech Zone: Violators Arrested
The sidewalk location adjacent to Wall Street used for more than one week by demonstrators to express their economic fairness related grievances was cleared by the New York Police Department earlier this morning and further use of the sidewalk for any expressive purpose has since been completely restricted by the Department. Two individuals were arrested this evening for sitting against the wall of the T.J. Max store described by NYPD officers as a "sensitive location".
Seven or eight other arrests were made later in the evening by the NYPD on and around the steps of Federal Hall just opposite the highly sensitive location. Federal Hall housed the first Congress, Supreme Court, and Executive Branch of the United States of America. Demonstrators were permitted to congregate on the steps of Federal Hall by United States Parks Department police officers, though some of the NYPD arrests were made in the presence of Parks Department officers.