Ydanis Rodriguez at a press conference at City Hall today. (James Thilman/Gothamist)

Flanked by nearly a dozen other council members and his attorneys, City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez addressed a crowd atop the steps of City Hall this afternoon to share the details of his “improper arrest” during Occupy Wall Street’s eviction from Zuccotti Park. “I have no problem participating in civil disobedience,” said the councilman, “But this didn’t have to happen to me and the nine reporters who were arrested. This was not an act of civil disobedience. My wife didn’t want me to go and told me not to get arrested—we had a meeting at our daughter’s school in the morning. I was not there trying to get arrested. I came to represent my community and to observe. It was my right and my obligation as a city official.”

…  Anticipating the turnout for a planned march tomorrow morning to celebrate the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Rodriguez said, “You want to know about civil disobedience? Wait til tomorrow.”