Timeline: Occupy Wall Street Evicted From Zuccotti Park
Last night, in a sneak attack at around 1 a.m., Wall Street protesters were evicted from Zuccotti Park in New York City. Here’s a detailed recap of the events that happened. It wasn’t pretty.
1:20 a.m. Police in riot geer surround the park. Brooklyn bridge is closed. Subway stops are closed.
1:45 a.m. Police announce they are going to evict everyone from the park.
Around 2 a.m.The eviction begins.
2:07 a.m. Pepper spray deployed — reports of at least one reporter sprayed.
2:10 a.m. Press barred from entering Zuccotti Park.
Josh Harkinson is a staff writer for Mother Jones Magazine.
Some Occupiers, desperate to stay, linked to one another with bicycle locks.
2:29 a.m. Press helicopters evicted from airspace. NYTimes reporter arrested.
2:44 a.m. NYPD destroys OWS Library. 5,000 donated books in dumpster.
3:05 a.m. NYPD cutting down trees in Liberty Square.
3:13 a.m. NYPD deploying sound cannon
3:33 a.m. The park is cleaned.
6:05 a.m. Zuccotti Park has been cleared.
8 a.m. The park is still barricaded from the public.
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Happy Dude a year agoThe protesters DO have clear and well-reasoned demands, it’s just that the movement is slow to make official statements since they work under consensus democracy. TOP DEMANDS: 1) Campaign Finance Reform / (Repeal Citizens United)
2) Re-Regulate Speculative Finance / (Restore Glass-Steagall and commodity regulations to avoid world food crisis)
3) Truly progressive income tax to reverse the ongoing transformation of US wealth distribution into a steep pyramid.
4) End the wars and cut military spending.
5) Restore social safety net.
6) Recover bailout money and invest in a NEW bailout for common Americans.
7) Prepare for a sustainable energy future. ps - They have already vastly changed the political discourse in this country for the long-term. -
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Happy Dude a year ago
Soooo many “Good Germans” in the comments thread here. If you left your internet caves and actually talked to a cross-section of people at these protests your “jobless hippies shut up” worldview could be broken into a million pieces. We’ll keep fighting for a better world for all of us, you too, like it or not.
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ModernCowboy13 a year ago@butter finger yes I agree
I mean I just can’t believe how ignorant people are even if you don’t agree with these protests and what they are standing up for (which I don’t know how you couldn’t) how can you condone actions such as trashing 5,000 donated books, cops are fucking asshole pigs I’m sorry. -
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justino3 a year agoI think it’s funny the article ends with Michael Moore tweeting about #OWS. He is the biggest hypocrite. He IS part of the 1% but claims he isn’t. He claims to support #OWS but he himself has not and will not sacrifice any of his great wealth like many in #OWS want the rich to do. Blech what a two-faced hypocrite.
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Christine O. a year agoWho makes out during an eviction?! Thats trashy not moving. They look like idiots. You’ll never be VJ day in times square. So get off that car and quit sucking face ya ass holes
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Butter Finger a year ago
So the protestors may have their faults. Did this really necessitate coincidentally the richest man in NYC directly ordering their immediate eviction under a media blackout in the cloak of night? I’m just pissed now. Even if the protests were wrong in some way, nothing the police did was “right”.
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Andrew Pug a year agoI totally supported the movement… until I went and saw it in person. The people there are a horrible representation of what we as Americans should be fighting for. We need jobs, I fully support that and taxing the rich. The middle class is diminishing and I see no reason why Bush tax cuts are still in affect when they have done NOTHING to create any jobs- like I said I get it. What I do not get is why the protesters there do not understand that. In Miami I interviewed a couple of people for a project and to be honest I wanted to be moved with inspiration but instead it just seemed like there was a disconnect- one man flat out told me he was there because he had no responsibility if he supported the movement, another woman told me we could fix the problems if we “printed more money.” Oh and she also said paper dishers could be “printed money” as well and that they can make the money but they are choosing not too.
All in all the Occupiers in Miami really made me think negatively about the movement. Listen we all know there is a problem, but the Occupy movement is not a good solution to the problem. Playing the victim is getting old and Occupy is doing just that and I am getting tired of the slanted news BuzzFeed is constantly reporting. THEY ARE NOT VICTIMS THEY VOLUNTARILY CHOSE TO CAMP OUT, therefore if they get evicted because they were causing damage or harm to the park they need to GTFO. So over it I wish they would just go away. -
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Because a year ago
Good photos. Looks like the NYPD did a responsible job, overall. Glad to see they’re cleaning up that mess. I liked the flyers telling the protestors they were welcome to come back and protest more, as long as they leave their tents at home. It’s freedom of speech and freedom of peaceable assembly that is important. There is no such thing as freedom of public camping.
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