Drama–Rahm, Obama: #OccupyChicago Invades City Hall to Demand Amnesty for Arrested 'Community Organizers'

UPDATE: Rahm offers talks, Occupy leaves…

President Barack Obama’s friends in Occupy are clashing with Obama’s former White House chief of staff, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in an ongoing protest at Chicago’s City Hall.

Activists are staging a sit-in outside Mayor Emanuel’s office, demanding to speak with him about dropping charges against Occupy activists who have been arrested for various offenses, including battery against a police officer.

Occupy organizers are calling their demonstration a defense of First Amendment rights.

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