A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters _ including a pregnant 19-year-old and an 84-year-old activist _ with blasts of pepper spray. 
 
 Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacts after being hit with pepper spray during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Westlake Park in Seattle. Protesters gathered in the intersection... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman who gave her name as Jennifer and said she was two months pregnant is rushed to an ambulance after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Westlake... (Associated Press) 
 
 Seattle Police officers deploy pepper spray into a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Westlake Park in Seattle. Protesters gathered in the intersection of 5th Avenue and... (Associated Press) 
 
 Protest organizers denounced the use of force, saying that police indiscriminately sprayed the chemical irritant at peaceful protesters. 
 
 The Occupy Seattle movement released a written statement late Tuesday expressing support for "a 4-foot 10-inch, 84-year-old woman, a priest and a pregnant woman who as of this writing is still in the hospital." 
 
 Dorli Rainey is an activist who has supported liberal causes in the Seattle area for decades. A photo showing Rainey being cared for by fellow activists in the immediate aftermath of the police incident appeared on news websites around the world. 
 
 Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel said he didn't have specifics on the Rainey incident, but he said pepper spray is "is not age specific. No more dangerous to someone who is 10 or someone who is 80." 
 
 He added, that if it were harmful, "we probably wouldn't be using pepper spray if that was the case." 
 
 Kappel said police had not yet established whether a pregnant woman was involved. 
 
 Paramedics examined a handful of people, including a 19-year-old woman who was three-months pregnant, Seattle fire department spokesman Kyle Moore said. The Seattle Times reported on its website that the woman was taken by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center. 
 
 Her identity and status were not immediately available. 
 
 Moore added that the protester's own medical response team had taken care of others. 
 
 "These protesters are well organized, they're using homemade remedies to counter pepper spray," he said. 
 
 Seattle police said plenty of verbal warnings were given to demonstrators attempting to block intersections and streets during rush hour. 
 
 "Pepper spray was deployed only against subjects who were either refusing a lawful order to disperse or engaging in assaultive behavior toward officers," Kappel wrote on the department's blog. 
 
 Kappel also noted that one man threw an "unknown liquid" at an officer's face and was arrested. The officer was not injured. 
 
 In another incident, Kappel said a 17-year-old woman swung a stick at an officer, and as police moved to arrest her, others tried to intervene on her behalf, prompting a blast of pepper spray. 
 
 Authorities arrested at least six people before quickly restoring order. 
 
 Occupy Seattle organizers said the downtown march was in solidarity with other Occupy Wall Street protests around the nation. 
 
 The skirmish Tuesday was the first clash in weeks. 
 
 Occupy Seattle moved its encampment to Seattle Central Community College late October. Before that, the group had been camping at Westlake Park, leading to tense standoffs with police and dozens of arrests. 

 Seattlepi.com has the unbelievable photo. 
 
 Dorli Rainey, a longtime liberal activist who moved here from Austria in 1956, also sent us this email explaining how it happened: 
 
 Something funny happened on my way to a transportation meeting in Northgate. As I got off the bus at 3rd and Pine I heard helicopters above. Knowing that the problems of New York would certainly precipitate action by Occupy Seattle, I thought I better check it out. Especially since only yesterday the City Government made a grandiose gesture to protect free speech. Well free speech does have its limits as I found out as the cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd and simultaneously pepper sprayed the so captured protesters. If it had not been for my Hero (Iraq Vet Caleb) I would have been down on the ground and trampled. This is what democracy looks like. It certainly left an impression on the people who rode the No. 1 bus home with me. In the women's movement there were signs which said: "Screw us and we multiply." 

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An 84 year-old activist and a priest were also hit with spray. less A woman who gave her name as Jennifer and said she was two months pregnant is rushed to an ambulance after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake ... more Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO Image 4 of 14 A protester mocks Seattle Police during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. A protester mocks Seattle Police during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO Image 5 of 14 Seattle Police officers deploy pepper spray into a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Seattle Police officers deploy pepper spray into a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. 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Protesters gathered in the intersection of 5th ... more Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO Image 8 of 14 Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacts after being hit with pepper spray during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Protesters gathered in the intersection of 5th Avenue and Pine Street after marching from their camp at Seattle Central Community College in support of Occupy Wall Street. Many refused to move from the intersection after being ordered by police. Police then began spraying pepper spray into the gathered crowd hitting dozens of people. A pregnant woman was taken from the melee in an ambulance after being struck with spray. less Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacts after being hit with pepper spray during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. 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Protesters gathered in the intersection of 5th Avenue and Pine Street after marching from their camp at Seattle Central Community College in support of Occupy Wall Street. Many refused to move from the intersection after being ordered by police. Police then began spraying into the gathered crowd hitting dozens of people. less A protester stands in front of Seattle Police during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Protesters gathered in the intersection of 5th Avenue and Pine Street after ... more Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO Image 12 of 14 Seattle Police officers deploy pepper spray into a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Seattle Police officers deploy pepper spray into a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO Image 13 of 14 A protester holds a sign during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Westlake Park. 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 An elderly woman, a pregnant woman and a priest were among those who were pepper-sprayed during a protest in support of the Occupy movement on Tuesday. 
 
 The demonstrators taking part in the Occupy Seattle movement marched from their current camp at Seattle Central Community College to Westlake Park late Tuesday afternoon. 
 
 While en route, they came across police officers at several points. At the intersection of Fifth and Pine, the crowd was met by a line of several dozen police officers on bicycles who blocked the way. 
 
 Tensions mounted until police deployed pepper spray in an attempt to disperse the crowd and get the protesters out of the streets. About a dozen people were hit with the stinging fume. 
 
 "Pepper spray was deployed only against subjects who were either refusing a lawful order to disperse or engaging in assaultive behavior toward officers," said Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel. 
 
 Police said six people were arrested during the march. A 17-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed then arrested after allegedly swinging a stick at an officer. Three others - a 17-year-old boy, a man and a women - were arrested for suspected pedestrian interference. A man was arrested after he allegedly threw an unknown liquid at an officer's face, and another man was arrested for alleged assault. 
 
 By 7:30 p.m., the protesters were back at their camp at Seattle Central Community College. 
 
 The local protesters were marching in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters who were kicked out of their camp at Zucotti Park in New York and a judge ruled that their free speech rights do not extend to pitching a tent and setting up camp for months at a time. 
 
 The protesters have been camped out in the privately owned park since mid-September. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he ordered the sweep because health and safety conditions had become "intolerable" in the crowded plaza. 
 
 On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution in support of the growing Occupy movement. 
 
 Introduced by council member Nick Licata,Resolution 31337 recognizes and supports the peaceful and lawful exercise of the citizens' First Amendment right to free speech. The resolution also commits the council to a number of actions to ensure fair lending and taxation. 
 
 The nationwide movement had spread across the nation and even reached the small town of Forks, Wash. Seventeen people stood outside the Bank of America branch in the pouring rain on Saturday, said Peninsula Daily News, a news partner of KOMO News. A second Occupy Forks rally is scheduled to be held at the same location next month.
– Dorli Rainey is not the first person to be pepper-sprayed at an Occupy protest—but she may turn out to be the most memorable. A photographer caught an image of a pained Rainey—age 84—being led from yesterday's Occupy Seattle gathering. The Post-Intelligencer reports that police turned the pepper spray on the crowd, which was marching from its camp to Westlake Park in the afternoon, hitting Rainey, along with about a dozen others—including a priest and a pregnant 19-year-old. The AP reports that the 4-foot 10-inch Rainey is a longtime activist and supporter of liberal causes in Seattle. She sent The Stranger an email explaining that she decided to investigate the scene on her way to a transportation meeting, after hearing helicopters above. She writes, "Well free speech does have its limits as I found out as the cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd and simultaneously pepper sprayed the so captured protesters. If it had not been for my Hero (Iraq Vet Caleb) I would have been down on the ground and trampled. This is what democracy looks like. It certainly left an impression on the people who rode the No. 1 bus home with me." The AP has this very considerate reaction from a rep for the Seattle PD: Pepper spray "is not age specific. No more dangerous to someone who is 10 or someone who is 80."