2 arrests made at Mall demonstration of telescope proposal

Police were called to a protest in front of the UA Administration building yesterday, leading to the arrest of a UA law student and a Tucson environmentalist.

UAPD was called after Daniel Patterson, an ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, was accused of assaulting another protester, said UAPD spokesman Sgt. Eugene Mejia said.

UA students and community members were protesting the building of telescopes on Mount Graham, in Safford. [Read article]