Occupy Los Angeles and Philly
Reports live from the scene of Occupy Los Angeles and Philadelphia
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RT @benjamin_max: LAPD slowly letting photogs, 3 at a time, to the edge of City Hall park for photo ops. #Occupyla #olaby LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 9:48:04 AM -
Arrest teams assembling. #occupyphillyby troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 9:48:07 AM -
#occupyphilly last stand behind the school district.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 9:49:01 AM
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Mass arrests now. #occupyphilly Going right into sheriff bus on 15th.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 9:51:07 AM
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RT @blogdowntown: LAPD estimates 40-50 people still to be arrested, along with several still in the trees. #bdt6507by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 9:51:12 AM
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LAPD just set up lines around people sitting in 1st Street at Broadway. Arrests imminent, on Fox 11.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 9:52:33 AM
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RT @KScott6abc: Several protesters getting arrested on 15th and Hamiltonby 6abc via twitter 11/30/2011 9:53:12 AM
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RT @tinadupuy: The lot I parked in is locked!! Damn it.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 9:54:25 AM
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#occupyphilly lining up for nice orderly arresting.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 9:55:29 AM
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And the winner is....Channel 5 KTLA! Last station standing. Fox 11 just signed off til the morning show comes on.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 9:58:23 AM
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Nope, Channel 5 just went off too. It's just the internet now (and maybe radio, but I don't have one on.)by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 10:00:53 AM
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#BREAKING LIVE VIDEO: Police make arrests at 15th and Hamilton #occupyphilly bit.ly/vEwNQCby 6abc via twitter 11/30/2011 10:01:34 AM
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mostly TV, Twitter and email. RT @hmltn: @LAObserved how are you following the news? #occupyLAby LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 10:03:43 AM
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insult to injury? when Fox 11 news went off, Jerry Springer came on. 4 minutes in and a woman is already punching her man.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 10:05:08 AM
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Oops, that KTLA with the Jerry Springer "reality" show.melee.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 10:05:51 AM
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Action News has learned 2 Philadelphia Police officers have been injured, injuries said to be not serious #occupyphillyby 6abc via twitter 11/30/2011 10:09:50 AM
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#occupyphilly arrests done. Rest of crowd meandering down 15th.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 10:11:53 AM
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#occupyphilly estimate of 50 arrests.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 10:12:26 AM
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The OccupyLA camp here at City Hall is largely dismantled now. A few tents still stand but most are empty and flattened on the groundby DanWhitcomb via twitter 11/30/2011 10:14:14 AM -
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RT @benjamin_max: All #OccupyLa tents at City Hall park down.by LAObserved via twitter 11/30/2011 10:20:53 AM
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Look what just arrived. This will be used to extract the protesters defiantly staying in the trees. #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:22:33 AM -
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Some of the protesters seated at center of park, where the GA was held, scream as they are carried away and arrested by police #occupylaby maryslosson via twitter 11/30/2011 10:25:14 AM -
City coming alive. Another work day starts but without #occupyphilly encampment.by troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 10:25:56 AM
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The mayor has just arrived..walking into the encampment. He's here just in time to watch #LAPD shake that guy out of a tree #occupyla #ktlaby DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:27:49 AM
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The man in the tree is screaming help. Cameras are rolling. They're taking him down by force. #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:29:16 AM -
Paramedics moving into place with a stretcher. #occupyla #ktlaby DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:30:14 AM
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Officer is in tree with protester. The
Mayor, the Chief, everyone is watching. #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.comby DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:31:33 AM -
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Back at Dilworth, bulldozers and heavy equipment are clearing the plaza. #occupyphillyby troyjgraham via twitter 11/30/2011 10:31:38 AM
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There are atleast 2 people in this tree who will not come down. They're next! #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:35:53 AM -
Those officers in white suits are tasked with picking up and throwing always the protesters stuff. #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:36:50 AM -
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Reuters' Dan Whitcomb and Mary Slosson reporting from LA:
Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from an encampment outside the Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday, arresting at least a dozen people as they enforced the mayor's eviction order.
Busloads of police closed in on the 8-week-old camp after midnight and declared the hundreds of protesters congregated on the lawn, sidewalks and streets around City Hall to be an "unlawful assembly," ordering them to disperse or face arrest.
The Los Angeles encampment, which officials had tolerated for weeks even as other cities moved in to clear out similar compounds, was among the largest on the West Coast aligned with a 2-month-old national Occupy Wall Street movement protesting economic inequality and excesses of the U.S. financial system.
Except for some minor initial scuffles, the crowd remained boisterous but peaceful.
At least 20 protesters quit the area immediately, carrying tents and other belongings out of the camp, followed by a number of others escorted out by police.
Officers then swept into the park, arresting those who refused to leave and dismantling the camp. Tents were pulled down and flattened after police peeked inside each with a flashlight. At least a dozen people were seen handcuffed within 90 minutes after police moved in.
City officials had hoped to keep the timing of the widely expected eviction operation under wraps.
But live local television footage revealed large numbers of police, patrol cars, buses and other vehicles massing at Dodger Stadium, a few miles away, ahead of the raid. Those images prompted supporters to stream into the area in a show of solidarity with the activists.
The crowd grew steadily more raucous before police arrived with protesters chanting "Move your feet, Occupy the street!" Several demonstrators climbed into trees, and fireworks were set off.
One protester, Anthony Candelaria, 21, a Los Angeles college student among the crowd gathered at City Hall, said before the raid began that he planned to "hold the fort down until they drag us out by our feet."
By contrast, about 100 Occupy protesters in Philadelphia peacefully vacated their camp early on Wednesday after police moved in and warned protesters they faced arrest unless they left on their own, police said. -
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Here they go again. Officer is aiming bean bag gun at tree protester. #occupyla #ktla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:44:30 AM -
Protester seems to be going willingly. Person has been arrested. #ktla #occupyla p.twimg.com
by DavidBegnaud via twitter 11/30/2011 10:45:56 AM -
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