Update 10/14 8:30 am: The Denver Post reports police moved in at 6:30 a.m. to clear the park. The Governor has signed an Executive Order closing the park. Police removed those who stayed, but only arrested a handful. The rest were allowed to leave after being removed.
The protesters who would not leave were isolated by police, read their Miranda rights, restrained with plastic ties and then taken into custody.
But according to 9News, police moved in at 3:30 am and 23 were arrested:
The Colorado State Patrol and Denver Police began clearing the Occupy Denver tent camp just after 3 a.m. Friday morning. Twenty-three arrests were made.
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9News:
Xcel was on the scene, trying to cut power to the tent city. Officials say the protesters tapped into the electricity of park structures (like lighting fixtures, etc.) to run their equipment. Xcel is repairing the damage the protesters caused, structure by structure.
Of the Occupy Denver protesters, 23 were arrested. Twenty-one of those arrests were made by Colorado State Patrol. The charges against the protesters are for unlawful conduct. Two of the arrests were made by Denver Police. One of which was for an assault among people in crowd and one for impeding traffic.