Park Police take action at Occupy DC Aubrey Whelan Capital Land Washington Examiner
What police promised would be a mere inspection early Saturday morning had turned by the afternoon into a full-fledged removal of at least half of the Occupy tents in McPherson Square and angry — sometimes violent — conflicts between protesters and police.
Police pushed protesters out of the park, section by section, then moved in hazardous materials teams to tear down tents and carry away insulation, blankets and other materials in dump trucks.
Around 5 p.m. police began emptying the final section of the park containing the occupiers’ “library” — a collection of books that has sat for months inside a tent in the northwest quadrant of McPherson Square — bringing the day’s anger and chaos to a climax.
Police in riot gear pushed protesters out of the park and onto the street, with tussles turning violent as police tried to pull up some barriers that protesters had knocked over. Some protesters fell or lost articles of clothing in the stampede out of the park.
Protesters remain standing in K Street, shouting at police, while crews continue cleaning the park.Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2012/02/park-police-take-action-occupy-dc/2169306#ixzz1lWSsKuiK
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