2:35 Photo of one junk pile.... Report that NY has closed air space above park so no news copters can film -- unprecedented? We did have aerial view early and it disappeared... My son reports from police scanner that so many units committed to this action that they respond to a robbery elsewhere. The 5000 books in People's Library (including three that I wrote and donated) under siege. Trashed or held for later?
2:25 Media guy from OWS on livestream now (see below) saying they asked police to remove laptops and cameras and thought they had okay but stuff all thrown on junk pile. Thousands of dollars of equipment. Almost were not even allowed to take dog.
2:10 Hard to report what happening in totality due to brilliant timing of 1 am raid. Livestream limited (but see below). Most in mainstream press barred Tweets report beating out on the streets, no telling where the Occupyers went or what happened to them. Frantic cries of "mic check." People could be battling away from park. New reports that all tents seized but police saying they would allow people back in but with no covering stuff at all (nicely timed to cold weather).
2:00 Sad--report of People's Library being dismantled at park. Things being tossed like junk by the famous red sculpture, tweeps say.
1:50 Chaos at Zuccotti. Completely cordoned off so no one can get in -- and people with cameras and media cleared from sidewalks all around. Livestreams from inside, though, see below. Hard to see or say how many cops actually in park and clearing--mixed reports. Report that Brooklyn Bridge closed. Reporter Kristen Gwynne just now: "Holy shit this us crazy pepper spray, pushing us, beating and arresting peaceful protestors."
1:00 Zuccotti raid about to happen, it is said. I did predict this after Portland and SF clamp down. Livestreams below but warning -- it could cut out .
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