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Occupy Wall Street: More Than 100 Arrested As Police Evict Zuccotti Park Protesters (Pictures)

The Huffington Post UK     First Posted: 15/11/11 15:50   Updated: 15/11/11 17:09

After months of inaction, the New York Police Department moved on Zuccotti Park in the early hours of Monday.

"You are required to immediately remove all property, including tents, sleeping bags and tarps from Zuccotti Park. That means you must remove the property now," read a police notice.

Protesters attempted to tie themselves to trees. The police barricaded the area, illuminating the park with huge spotlights. Twenty minutes after the notice was posted, the police moved in.

Three hours later and the park was clear. Tents had been slashed and broken. Anyone defying the order to move had been taken into custody.

After two months, the encampment was gone with more than 100 arrests.

According to Occupy protester Garrett Perkins, 29, the police started throwing out tents and cuffing occupiers. Resistance was met with the pepper spray.

Despite the eviction, protesters remained defiant.

"This will only make us stronger," said 24-year-old Billie Greenfield. "We Shall Overcome", that hardy perennial mantra of the left, echoed down the streets of the financial district.

According to mayor Bloomberg, Zuccotti Park was cleared so that crews could clean it. It was done overnight "to reduce the risk of confrontation".

Occupy protesters around the US were no doubt watching. So too were the demonstrators outside London's St Paul's.

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After months of inaction, the New York Police Department moved on Zuccotti Park in the early hours of Monday. "You are required to immediately remove all property, including tents, sleeping bags a...
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Thisboy
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05:09 on 16/11/2011
How ironic that the OWS people would defend the working rights of the police that are expelling and assaulting them.I understand the need for order but the OWS crowd should be accommodated not evacuated. This isn't a bussed in Teabagger crowd out for a bash Obama weekend. These people are fed up and tired of those using less fortunate Americans as their scapegoats while claiming to be patriotic. The OWS people know exactly where the cancerous rot of this country lies. It is an insidious malignant growth called greed and it is draining this country of it's vitality and resources and fooling it into believing it is needed for it's host to survive.
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Ken Alan Lancaster
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23:16 on 15/11/2011
The Police have shown themselves to be the enemy whereas they should, at the very least, be neutral.
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beccainseattle
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22:12 on 15/11/2011
If you cannot show your support by going down there donate here: http://occupywallst.org/donate/
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trudidog7
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21:56 on 15/11/2011
!% own the police force
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shthar
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17:44 on 15/11/2011
And this is why it failed.

At something like this, when the police start arresting people, you have to make them arrest everybody.

Arrest 100 people? big deal.

Arrest a few thousand, they're not ready to do that. They'll back down or overreact.
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OhioYippieHippie
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17:30 on 15/11/2011
here is the proof http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
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OhioYippieHippie
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17:27 on 15/11/2011
this is untrue the protestors are regrouping and in fact some are already back in that park and additional parks in the area.
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