By JIM SALTER, Associated Press and KSDK
St. Louis (KSDK/AP) -- Fourteen members of Occupy St. Louis who were arrested Thursday in their attempt to block the entrance to the Martin Luther King Bridge have been released from jail.
An Occupy spokesperson said the arrested women were released at 3:30 a.m. and the men were released at 5:00 a.m. Friday.
Police were waiting on several hundred protesters when the throng arrived at the Martin Luther King Bridge shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. About 15 to 20 protesters then sat down cross-legged, with their arms locked arms on the two-month anniversary of the Occupy movement.
Officers moved in and arrested them when they refused to move. They offered no resistance.
The crowd of protesters included labor unions and other sympathizers who marched from Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis to the bridge.
Members of Occupy St. Louis had camped in the plaza for several weeks before early Saturday, when police took down the tents and arrested demonstrators for curfew violations.
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