Took me a second to realize this isn’t the Vietnam Memorial, which I am very, very, very familiar with as I am with the entire National Mall.
This is in Manhattan and takes place at Memorial Park, down by where you get on a boat to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island(pre-Barrycade).
I am very familiar with this area as well, having walked many times from 91st and Lexington down to this same spot and over to Battery Park, where World Trade use to be.
I have one of the best shots anyone has of me standing at the base of Statue of Liberty with World Trade 1 & 2 behind me. Awesome day.
Great spot for perogies and If I recall it’s fairly open.
Not sure why the cops would care about some peaceful protest in a city park, particularly at a time of night when very few people would be there.
I will go watch the “Occupy” video for more 411.
Vets were also arrested at the NYC memorial a few months ago for ‘loitering’ after curfew, which I believe is 10 pm. I didn’t pull up the full story but perhaps this is under the same pretext ?