Several Occupy DC protesters were arrested in Washington after confrontations with police in a park just blocks form the White House.
Demonstrators chanted "We are the 99 percent" as officers handcuffed them. The conflict in D.C. centers around this wooden structure --- which went up overnight without a permit.
Police gave demonstrators an hour to take down what protesters are calling "a symbol of foreclosed homes."
When they refused, police moved in.
The arrests on Sunday ended weeks of relative calm for the anti-Wall Street demonstration in Washington.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters
