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6 Reclaim Philadelphia members arrested during sit-in at DNC headquarters

Six people were arrested Wednesday during a sit-in at the offices of the Democratic National Convention host committee demanding a list of donors for next week's event.

Philadelphia police escort Reclaim Philadelphia supporter Kyle Moore outside of the Democratic National Convention host committee headquarters at 1900 Market Street in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Moore and five other protesters performed a sit in at the headquarters and were arrested after receiving three warnings by the police. The group protested in hopes that the DNC host committee would release the names of its donors.
Philadelphia police escort Reclaim Philadelphia supporter Kyle Moore outside of the Democratic National Convention host committee headquarters at 1900 Market Street in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Moore and five other protesters performed a sit in at the headquarters and were arrested after receiving three warnings by the police. The group protested in hopes that the DNC host committee would release the names of its donors.Read moreMICHAEL ARES / Staff Photographer
    by By Robert Moran, Staff Writer
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Six people were arrested Wednesday during a sit-in at the offices of the Democratic National Convention host committee demanding a list of donors for next week's event.

Reclaim Philadelphia, a group that has been pressing for the donor list, organized a demonstration at City Hall that turned into a march down Market Street to the host committee's offices on the 1900 block of Market.

The sit-in lasted for about an hour late in the afternoon before police, after giving several verbal warnings, arrested the six participants.

The protesters were taken to the Ninth District to be issued citations for failure to disperse and disorderly conduct, said Reclaim Philadelphia spokesman Alex Nagle.

The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has ordered the committee's quarterly financial reports to be made available to the public.

The host committee and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which guaranteed a $15 million line of credit to the committee, appealed the decision, delaying any release until after the convention.

Reclaim Philadelphia is made up in part of supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.

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