Posted on 11/15/2011 12:17:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Protesters in New York faced off with police Tuesday after being kicked out of their tent camp in lower Manhattan in a huge operation that threw the two-month old Occupy Wall Street movement into crisis.
All morning, several hundred protesters played cat and mouse with the authorities as they searched for a way to reestablish themselves in the wake of the nighttime raid.
About two dozen people were arrested when one group of activists tried to occupy a small park apparently owned by a church. The crowd marched through the Financial District and eventually turned back to Zuccotti Park, their former base, now swept clean of any trace of the old encampment, and shut off by police.
For eight weeks, the park -- a short walk from the New York Stock Exchange and the World Trade Center --sheltered the birthplace of the anti-Wall Street movement.
The decision by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end the occupation followed crackdowns against similar camps across US cities, ..
New York police moved in at about 1:00 am (0600 GMT) with bright lights, overwhelming numbers of helmeted officers, and an army of sanitation workers.
About 200 people were arrested during the operation,..
Bloomberg told a news conference that protesters' free speech rights did not extend to "use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space."
Protesters would now have to "occupy the space with the power of their arguments."
But almost immediately the city's position was cast in doubt when a judge stayed the eviction order, as well as implementation of rules by the park's owners, ..
Bloomberg said that the park would be closed off until the legal issue was resolved.
" .. it will remain closed until we can clarify that situation," he said.
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Hannity is all over Bloomy for being supportive of the OWS.. what a web of a mess.
In football lingo, This is called a wide right ‘sweep’... and it’s a First Down!! Too bad the Jets suck but Hey, they play in Jersey these days .. sooo.. it’s up to Bloomy and the Mayors to grow some.
If they are being kicked out there must have been an indirect order from the Won.
Politics is so cut-throat&back-stabby these days.. ask all the Dems up for re-election when O is gonna campaign for ‘em?
Is there a OCCUPY Waikiki or Kona chapter? I could dig it..
While I may disagree with the protester's; the property owners seem to feel that there is no tresspassing going on. So, in this; it appears that the judge was right.
Zuccotti Park, formerly called Liberty Plaza Park, is a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m2) publicly accessible park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is a Privately-Owned-Public-Space (POPS) controlled by Brookfield Properties.
can't wait for the conventions.. Like a UFC event.. ;-)
Apparently Brookfield Properties officially requested police assistance with clearing park and a return to normal park rules (no camping).
Bloomberg made this very clear in his statement this morning. The ACLU judge was not right. These hippie vermin “protesters” may continue getting judges to rule in their favor, but it is not because Brookfield Properties agrees with them.
Since when do property owners’ rights matter when it comes to public safety first or a public health menace at worst? It’s become a ‘Woodstock’ like entity. jmo
Aren’t permits required in NYC for permanent camping, ya’d think there would be a law against housing&breeding vermin, especially in Liberal City. ;-)
OWS was becoming a liability to the DNC and the Obama campaign so...time to go. The press coverage had dropped off and the main stories were about the rapes, drugs, deaths and overall third world conditions of the communes..err I mean camps.
Bloomberg’s girlfriend is one of the owners of the building.
yup. agreed
The DEms need happy faces on the Tube beaming over their socialist victories.. which are pretty sparse these days pickings-wise.. so it’s Time to go Raise Cain and Jab’n’Perry some of the GoP Pres runners... and ignore the camps.. uhh enclaves
What do they stand for— just property transfer? Isn’t that communism?
Agreed. Just curious as to who get's to make decisions about private property. If laws are being broken, by all means; enforce the law.
Bloomberg said that the park would be closed off until the legal issue was resolved.
The city was planning to let people protest all they wanted during the day, as long as they complied with the park rules.
But, since the protesters went crying to a sympathetic judge, the resulting uncertainty is causing the park to be closed for the foreseeable future.
Nice job, idiots.
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