A Friday morning showdown loomed between Occupy Wall Street and the NYPD after protesters vowed to defy orders to leave Zuccotti Park so it could be cleaned.
The city says protesters can return to the park after the cleanup – but without the sleeping bags, tarps and coolers that have made their 27-day sit-in possible.
“We see this as a pretext to shut the occupation down,” said protester Amin Husain.
Occupy Wall Street – an amorphous group that has tapped into national populist anger at corporate excess – said it would resist any attempt by the NYPD to shift protesters from the public plaza where they have camped since Sept. 17.
“They will not foreclose our home!” Husain told the crowd. “This is an occupation, not a permitted picnic. We won’t allow them to come in.”
They geared up for a confrontation, sending out an emergency alert calling on supporters to mobilize at 6 a.m. Friday “to defend the occupation from eviction.”
“We’ll position ourselves with our brooms and mops in a human chain around the park, linked at the arms,” protest organizers wrote on their Facebook page.
“If the NYPD attempts to enter, we’ll peacefully/non-violently stand our ground and those who are willing will get arrested.”
unleash the dogs. gonna crack a coors at the first sight of blood. three cheers for the nypd busting skulls.
I hope the NYPD non-peacefully/violently protests their civil disobedience.
agreed.
Where does Bloomberg keep his supply of camels?
Joking aside these protests will have to turn to violence before anything gets accomplished.
ked apparently you think these hippie abortions have something too bleed over. they do not.
If the NYPD handles this correctly, it will be the beginning of the end of the occupation. They just need to follow the law, peacefully, calmly, and let the occupiers show their asses, and arrest them when they do. Worst thing the NYPD can do is become violent. Let this be a little instruction on the law.
woodshedder is a voice of reason. but. if it has too happen? watchin the nypd fuck up some no account wannabe hippie asshats would be epic.