Marshall Garrett Arrest - Occupy Wall Street

So to be fair, I know there are illegal arrests too. Here is one that from the arrestee's perspective I can see it is definitely illegal.

Marshall Garrett Arrest - http://preview.tinyurl.com/3undhru

• Protesters went to CitiBank to protest student loans and other financial corruption
• Undercover Police Officer (or hirelings by another source possibly) turned the peaceful protest unpeaceful
• Protesters did not leave when asked by Bank employees giving the Bank the right to call the police
• Bank Security and "White Coats" locked all the protesters inside the Bank until the Police got there
• Question: Did the Bank Security and "White Coats" have this authority to detain?
• Answer: Probably Yes
• Process was prolonged unnecessarily

Garrett in his interview said the White Coats were undercover police officers. I'm not convinced that is who they were, but I don't know that for sure. Also, he seems to think that since they were protesters they were not real inmates. At the time they were arrested, they became an inmate of the legal system. So this comment, "We went to prison in chain link cuffs, as if we were real prisoners instead of just protestors. After that, we were put in correction cells" (Thrasher, 2011) shows a little ignorance because in effect they were inmates until they posted bail or were processed.


At the same time, there is definitely something a little sketchy going on here. I would like to know who those "White Coats" as Marshall refers to them are.

Thrasher, Steven. "Marshall Garrett Tells the Voice About Being Arrested For Occupying Citibank - New York News - Runnin' Scared." The Village Voice Blogs. Villare Voice LLC, 17 Oct. 2011. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. .