The "Occupy Wall Street" movement will materialize in Baltimore on Tuesday at the Inner Harbor, according to organizers. In New York, clashes between protesters and police may have helped draw attention to the already well attended event, with top commanders are now under scrutiny for their actions.

Here's what Baltimore Police are saying about Occupy Baltimore, via The Sun's Erik Maza and Jill Rosen:

In Baltimore, police were monitoring social media and news reports for updates on the protest, said spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He said it wasn't clear if the protesters needed a permit. Police are only concerned that the protesters stay organized and don't disrupt traffic.

He declined to say how many officers would be deployed to the scene. "We will make sure we have resources in place so that it doesn't become a distraction."

We've written in this space before about the tricky free speech restrictions at the Inner Harbor, the subject of an eight-year-old lawsuit:

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city in federal court in 2003 over what it says are restrictive free-speech rules in what it regards as a public park. Eight years later, the two sides are still engaged in talks meant to clarify how the First Amendment applies to the Inner Harbor.

"We're looking forward to the lawsuit being settled so everyone knows what the rules are," said Laurie Schwartz, the head of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a group that promotes the harbor, helps to keep it clean and employs security guards.