Police Clear Occupy Philadelphia

At the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Police clear Occupy encampment, 52 arrested":

Police swarmed around City Hall and rousted Occupy Philadelphia protesters from their encampment overnight, more than two days after a deadline passed for them to leave.

The occupiers responded by roaming around Center City, scattering and regrouping with police following their every move in a chaotic night of cat-and-mouse that ended before daylight.

"The Dilworth occupation is over," Mayor Nutter said at a news conference just before 7 a.m.

Crews were using bulldozers and other heavy equipment to clear up debris and fire hoses to wash down Dilworth Plaza as he spoke.

He called the police operation to clear the plaza "tremendously well planned and executed."

Officials said 52 people were arrested, 45 of them in a 5 a.m. face off on North 15th Street behind the Inquirer and School District buildings. all were charged with failure to disperse and obstruction.

"We followed them around Center City all night long and finally arrested some of them," Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey.

Also, "Occupy Philly marches on city police HQ."

Plus, Tania Gail reported on the Sunday deadline, "Occupy Philly Moving On":

I decided it was just too risky to venture down to Dilworth Plaza tonight as there was already a history of rape and assault against women at Occupation Philly – I didn’t want to attract that kind of attention.

Exactly, a bunch of rapists, drug addicts, and murderers.

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