11 arrested in San Francisco protest, organizers say

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SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:10pm EDT

(Reuters) - Eleven protesters were arrested on Wednesday in San Francisco after shutting down all entrances to the Wells Fargo corporate headquarters downtown during a march against economic inequality, an organizer on the scene said.

San Francisco police could not immediately confirm the arrests. But Pete Woiwode, a 28-year-old protest organizer told Reuters by phone from the scene that the arrests were made to allow bankers into the corporate portion of the building.

Roughly 100 or 200 protesters remained at the building, Woiwode said, and the attached bank has shut down for the day ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/us-wallstreet-protests-sanfrancisco-idUSTRE79B6EJ20111012