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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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I have not looked it up, but I fully expect that living in a temporary structure (tent) with no sanitation facilities and public urination and defecation are on the NYC books as violations.
If this judges ruling is allowed to stand, seems to me the premise of private property is all but gone. I can camp out in anyone’s yard at my whim? Please come to my house and try it.
“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.” “
Wait, wasn’t Emperor Bloomie supportive of them trashing Zuccotti Park with their BO and filth?
Bloomy’s a leftard POS himself, so he’s “down with these clowns” to begin with.
He’s probably getting pressured by his Obama handlers to do something because people are starting to realize that the OWSholes are all Democrats (either of the fascist, communist, socialist, anarchist subtype).
Same with Mayor Thugnutts in Philly and elsewhere.
“DO something about these useful idiots...it’s hurting the agenda...”
bfl
And then there is this delightful “Anonymous” threat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n_HgJ071PiY
This “crackdown” had nothing to do with rights, politics, or safety, and everthing with NYC squatters rights. When I lived in Greenwich Village in the 90’s, I had a dispute with my landlord. I found out by accident that because I never signed a lease, and hadn’t paid rent in three months, he had to take me to court to evict me from his own property. My landlord (who was a creep) found this out too, and we renegotiated.
Depending on the mood of the cop, and what he writes you up for, Public Urination can either be a violation that involves paying a fine, or a misdemeanor for which you can get up to a year in jail.
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