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Occupy DC: Police cut size of camp, stop short of clearing it

By Roxanne Cooper Saturday, February 4, 2012 6:17 EST. Print. Numerous reports on Twitter indicate U.S. Park officials have arrived in riot gear at the Occupy DC encampment. Watch the events unfold on the livestream below: As daylight broke this morning around 5:40am, helmeted and armed mobs of U.S. Park Police – some wearing unnecessary [...]

Occupy DC: Police cut size of camp, stop short of clearing it

As daylight broke this morning around 5:40am, helmeted and armed mobs of U.S. Park Police – some wearing unnecessary hazmat suits, backed up by dump trucks and riot police on. Watch LIVE: Occupy DC getting evicted. By Raw Story Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:15 EST. Print. Occupy DC protesters via AFP. WATCH: Video from UStream: [...]

Occupy DC protesters wait as noon deadline passes

By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN Occupy DC protesters are part of a movement that is having an impact on the GOP race, says Dean Obeidallah. Obeidallah: Will Americans' destiny be based on the economic tier they're born into? US park police have used a stun gun on an Occupy protester, whose only crime was [...]

Occupy DC camps out, protests

Housing Complex is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. real estate. Testifying on Capitol Hill, NPS director Jonathan Jarvis defended his federal agency's decision to tolerate open-ended camping by Occupy DC on McPherson Square — even if its own rules say camping is prohibited. But, under pressure from Republicans on Meanwhile, an Occupy DC protester [...]

Occupy DC camps out, protests

Meanwhile, an Occupy DC protester was stunned by police with a Taser and arrested for disorderly conduct on Sunday as he tried to tear down eviction notices in Washington. Police say three officers and a protester were injured in clashes in Oakland In their daily publication, Union City, the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO, issued a [...]