Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” before the morning and that any demonstrator who did not leave would be arrested.
The protesters, about 200 of whom have been staying in the park overnight, resisted with chants of “Whose park? Our park!” as officers began moving in and tearing down tents. The protesters rallied around an area known as “the kitchen” near the middle of the park and began building barricades with tables and pieces of scrap wood.
The officers, who had gathered between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and then rode in vans along Broadway, moved into the one-square-block park shortly after 1 a.m.
As they did, dozens of protesters linked arms and shouted “No retreat, no surrender,” “This is our home” and “Barricade!” There were no immediate reports of arrests.
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Sounded like a terrorist camp.
ReplyDeleteA judge ruled at 8am that they could now go back to Zuccotti Park. This is nuts. When they were kicked out of the park they went to a church close by and cut the fence and flooded in. These are not law abiding citizens they are just a pain in the butt. All the businesses in that area are sick of them too.
ReplyDeleteLet's all cheer and pull for the government to win out over the regular American Citizens.
ReplyDeleteOK?
Come on now, hip hip horray! Go American Government!
i want anyine to win over these idiots!
ReplyDeleteabout time someone sent them packing. Maybe they can become productive again instead of listening to Adolf Obama and blaming their own demise on others.
GET A JOB
Those folks have jobs according to the Mains Stream Media. They are more comfortably employed than the Tea Party.
ReplyDeleteThey are protesting the elite. They may not have a good voice but their cause is fine.
Most Americans support what they are protesting but don't have the time and effort to camp out.
GET A JOB
ReplyDeleteNovember 15, 2011 2:13 PM
lol Some will never get it.
Socialism at it's best.
ReplyDelete"This is our park"...uh, no it's not. It's privately owned. Since when has protesting meant camping? I was taught something in the scouts about camping, leave it in better condition then when you got there. These hippies just want everything handed to them. They'd prefer to have their @sses wiped for them.