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Occupy Wall Street: Zuccotti Park Cleanup Cancelled

Zuccotti Park Cleanup

The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 10/14/11 07:54 AM ET Updated: 12/14/11 05:12 AM ET

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Brookfield Properties and the City Of New York have cancelled a clean-up of Zuccotti Park, the space currently being occupied by the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

"Brookfield believes they can work out an arrangement with the protesters that will ensure the park remains clean, safe, available for public use and that the situation is respectful of residents and businesses downtown, and we will continue to monitor the situation,” says a statement from New York City deputy mayor Cas Holloway.

Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that protesters would have to leave the park as the space was cleaned. The announcement caused worries of a showdown between protesters and police.

Protesters at the park say that they have been organizing clean-ups of the space.

More updates to come

For the latest updates on the protest follow Huffington Post reporter Matt Sledge.

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Brookfield Properties and the City Of New York have cancelled a clean-up of Zuccotti Park, the space currently being occupied by the Occupy Wall Street protesters. "Brookfield believes they can wo...
Brookfield Properties and the City Of New York have cancelled a clean-up of Zuccotti Park, the space currently being occupied by the Occupy Wall Street protesters. "Brookfield believes they can wo...
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CarlyQ
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11:35 AM on 10/14/2011
So far, so good. No violence, no loss of life, no destruction of property. The protesters are conducting themselves like civilized people and that serves to legitimize this movement.

However, it is still a stalemate between the people (each of those protesters represent hundreds who cannot be there themselves) and the sociopaths in charge who will not change unless forced to.

I fear this will not end well, though. Eventually the sociopaths will tire of the scene and push the limits just a wee bit too far - like they always do. Only then will the desired change be achieved but it will come at great cost.
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07:43 AM on 10/14/2011
which part of "shall make NO law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble" is our useless tyrannical government failing to understand. ??

If the nypd had told Thomas Jefferson they were going to violate his first amendment rights I dare say there would be quite a few less nypd cops after Jefferson finished shooting, ditto for the rest of our forefathers.
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