NPR: Since the early a.m., U.S. Park Police have been moving into a park near the White House where the Occupy D.C. movement has been encamped for months. Some officers were on horseback and dressed in riot gear, but there haven’t been any major clashes…
At least seven people have been arrested. Mainly, the officers have been breaking down the tents and other structures that have marked D.C.’s McPherson Square since last fall.
The police aren’t calling it an eviction; they say they are enforcing a camping ban. As The Associated Press reports, they’re making sure “protesters are complying with National Park Service regulations that allow demonstrations at the site but prohibit camping.”… (more)
EDITOR: This is one of two Occupy D. C. sites. The groups are independent ahd the McPherson Square group has a more troubled past.
