Occupy Wall Street protesters had been gearing up for a confrontation with law enforcement over a planned clean-up in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park on Friday morning that amounted to an eviction notice. But though there were some arrests made and a few fights with the cops, in the end the protesters were allowed to stay.The notice went around Thursday and said that beginning Friday morning at 7 a.m., the park would be cleaned over 12 hours. The notice also said that the park would be reopen “consistent with our regulations.” Protesters pointed out that the park’s regulations included “no lying down” and “no sleeping bags,” which basically meant they could not longer camp out in the park.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=105808