Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street Protesters
The New York Police Department began clearing Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall
Street protesters about 1 a.m. Tuesday, telling the people there that the camp
would be “cleared and restored” before the morning and that any demonstrator who
did not leave would be arrested.
The protesters resisted with chants of “Whose park? Our park!” as the police
began moving in and tearing down tents. The protesters rallied around an area
known as “the kitchen” and began building barricades with tables and pieces of
wood.
Officers told the demonstrators that the city had “determined that the continued
occupation of Zuccotti Park poses an increasing health and fire safety hazard.”
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