BOSTON (AP) - Several protesters from the Occupy Boston movement are expected to appear in court for ignoring warnings to move off a plot of land in downtown Boston near where they have been camped out for more than a week.

Prosecutors say nine of the more than 100 people arrested early Tuesday were to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace. Several other protesters were in court as a show of support.

Nadeem Mazen says police threw some protesters to the ground. City officials deny mistreating demonstrators.

The protesters are part of the national Occupy Wall Street movement. They had tried to expand from their original site to a second site across the street along the Rose Kennedy Greenway that recently was replanted with $150,000 worth of shrubs.

Police spokesman Jamie Kenneally said the arrests began about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and were mostly for trespassing.

Boston police had warned protesters for several hours that they would have to return to Dewey Square, where a tent city has been steadily growing, and issued leaflets saying protesters could not occupy the greenway. My FOX Boston