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Occupy Wall street: New York’s Zuccotti Park cleared in police raid
Police in New York began clearing Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park, and dismantling tents, before dawn on Tuesday.
A New York City police officer scuffles with Occupy Wall Street protesters after they were evicted from Succotti Park on November 15, 2011 in New York.
Don Emmert
Activists at the two-month-old camp were told the park would be “cleared and restored” before sunrise – and that anyone who did not comply would be arrested, the New York Times reported. In a Twitter post, the office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the protesters could return to the park once it was cleared of tents and tarpaulins.