Arrests as Occupy Wall Street Protesters Observe Six-Month Anniversary That man, Yoni Miller, 19, said he was counting officers standing in rows near Broadway when the captain forced him to walk around a corner onto Cedar Street, then asked him if he was a terrorist or was planning any crimes. After nightfall, the number of people inside the park swelled to more than 500. About 10 p.m., some of those in the park began a regimen of running and dancing that they called "spring training," which they said was meant to prepare for coming demonstrations. At 10:30, protesters sprung up a green tarp, folded over a piece of rope suspended from two trees near the center of Zuccotti Park. Around the perimeter of the park, security and police officers looked on. At 11:30 p.m., as police officers massed on Broadway, a commander announced that the park was closed. Those inside shouted back that the park was obliged to remain open. The commander then announced that anyone who remained inside would be arrested and charged with trespassing. Dozens of protesters sat down and locked arms as the officers moved in. The protesters chanted "We are not afraid," as the officers began pulling people from the crowd, one-by-one, and leading them out of the park in cuffs. Police officers and private security guards began placing a ring of metal barricades around the perimeter of the park, as those who had been arrested were placed inside a city bus. At one point, a woman who appeared to be suffering from a seizures flopped on the ground in handcuffs as bystanders shouted for the police to remove her handcuffs and provide medical attention. For several minutes the woman lay on the ground as onlookers made increasingly agonized demands. Eventually, an ambulance arrived and the woman was placed inside. By 12:20 a.m., a line of police officers pushed against some of the remaining protesters, forcing them south on Broadway, at times swinging batons and shoving people to the ground. Kobi Skolnick, 30, said that officers pushed him in several different directions, as he tried t0 walk away, he said he was struck from behind in the neck. "One of the police ran and hit me with a baton," he said.