This had social media on fire last night as the early reports were coming in, from CNN:
Police in full riot gear moved in to New York’s Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, evicting hundreds of protesters from the site where the Occupy call to action began two months ago before spreading globally. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office said the move is temporary.
Occupants of Zuccotti should temporarily leave and remove tents and tarps. Protestors can return after the Park is cleared,” the mayor’s office said in a tweet at 1:34 a.m. About 10 minutes later, the eviction began. Police handed out notices from the park’s owner, Brookfield Office Properties, that said the continued occupation posed a health and fire hazard.
The park’s owner says that he will allow protestors to return but they can be no sleeping bags. This comes just days before the two month anniversary of the movement this Thursday.
Now what? No sleeping bags, no protest??
