130 protesters held in Chicago

ANTI-WALL Street demonstrators of the Occupy Chicago movement stood their ground in a downtown park in noisy but peaceful defiance of police orders to clear out, prompting 130 arrests early yesterday.

The movement’s organisers vowed they would continue their protests despite the arrests.

Elsewhere, 11 people were arrested in the Occupy Cincinnati protests. Police said those arrested had stayed in Fountain Square after Sunday’s 3am closing time and each was charged with criminal trespass.

Meanwhile, police broke up a Sydney protest inspired by Occupy Wall Street in an early morning raid yesterday, making dozens of arrests.