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Livestream: Evicting Occupy L.A.

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Posted on Nov 28, 2011
The deadline for Occupy L.A.'s stay around City Hall has passed. Watch live to see what happens. Update: The protesters have filed suit against the eviction. The Los Angeles Times reports that "the anti-Wall Street protesters accused Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck of exceeding their authority in ordering an end to overnight camping at the downtown landmark because the City Council had exempted the protesters from an ordinance banning overnight stays."

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By Shenonymous, November 29, 2011 at 4:21 am Link to this comment

It is often said that once a man too frequently becomes elected
as a politician, he forgets his roots.  Villaregosa is ambitious to
become governor.  It is interesting when he does make that run
that the Occupiers of California, from LA to San Francisco, Oakland,
and Sacramento does.  Of course he will appeal to the large Latino
electorate but it just might not be enough for a quasi liberal.  It is
important to get rid of liberals-in-name-only politicians just as much
as it is to defeat and prevent the election of any and all Republicans
running for office.

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By and0144, November 28, 2011 at 4:21 pm Link to this comment
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Wont the eviction happen late at night? Isn’t that when it usually occurrs? from 12-4am is the danger time for the occupation. when no one is watching, when people are sleeping. (ok this happens at the smaller ones, whereas large mass actions tend more to get a larger reaction when confrontation between cops and protesters)

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By ejreed, November 28, 2011 at 12:27 pm Link to this comment

Deadline Passes for Occupy Philly to Dismantle  
Nearly 50 members of Occupy Philadelphia sat with
arms linked as a city deadline to leave the site of
their protest passed without any immediate action.
http://www.newslook.com/videos/375553-deadline-
passes-for-occupy-philly-to-dismantle?autoplay=true
Deadline Arrives, Protesters Remain at Occupy LA
Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles defied the
mayor’s early Monday deadline to vacate their
encampment near City Hall until police moved in about
five hours later, cleared them out and arrested three
people.  http://www.newslook.com/videos/375688-
deadline-arrives-protesters-remain-at-occupy-la?
autoplay=true

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By gerard, November 28, 2011 at 10:54 am Link to this comment

So far, so good!

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