Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Throngs of anti Wall Street activists hunkered down in their Los Angeles camp for another night of uncertainty early on Tuesday as cheap canada goose uk police stayed largely on the sidelines 24 hours canada goose coats on sale after a deadline to vacate passed.
A canada goose clearance man holds flag in the upside down distress position before police near the Occupy Los Angeles encampment at City Hall Park shortly before the midnight deadline for eviction from City Hall Park passes in Los Angeles, California late November Canada Goose Online 27, 2011. REUTERS/David McNew
But crowds that had swelled to more than 2,000 at their peak late on Sunday canada goose store as canada goose uk black friday protesters from outside the City Hall encampment streamed in to help forestall a raid had dwindled to a core group of several canada goose uk outlet hundred by late Monday night.
Compared with the raucous atmosphere at the encampment a day earlier, the mood was subdued on Canada Goose Parka Tuesday, with campers milling about or playing drums and other instruments.
Police in riot gear had closed Canada Goose sale in uk canada goose on the Occupy LA compound early on Monday as protesters started blocking traffic, but a force of about 300 officers stopped short of clearing the Canada Goose online camp and withdrew once they reopened streets for Monday commuters.
Four people were arrested on suspicion of being present at an cheap Canada Goose unlawful assembly. canada goose coats financial system.
Los Angeles Police Department officers stand at the Occupy LA encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall November 28, 2011. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Los Angeles Police Department Commander Andrew Smith said the number of tents had declined since the weekend to about 270, down from 500 pitched at their height.
calm as can be over there, he said from a nearby corner on Monday night. Small clusters of officers stood by casually at various intersections at the fringes of the park, with no imminent sign of large scale police buy canada goose jacket cheap action. on Monday to dismantle canada goose black friday sale their tents and clear out or face forcible removal and arrest.
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Occupy campers seemed resigned to the fact that their 8 week old presence was nearing an end.
it like any time they could come in, said Elise Whitaker, 21, one of the organizers of the group. going to come in, and I going to Canada Goose Coats On Sale be arrested Canada Goose Outlet and it going to be a lot of fun.
Attorneys for Occupy canada goose factory sale LA asked a federal judge uk canada goose outlet on Monday for a buy canada goose jacket court order barring police from evicting the camp, arguing that city officials had violated their civil canada goose rights by ordering it dismantled.
Villaraigosa initially had welcomed the protesters, going so far as to supply them with ponchos for inclement weather. But as city officials complained of crime, sanitation problems and property damage they blamed on the camp, the mayor decided the group had to go.
The Canada Goose Jackets mayor has promised to find alternative shelter for homeless people who had taken up residence at City Hall and my friend link canada goose outlet https://www.topparka.ca were estimated to account for at least a third of those camped out there since the start of canada goose uk shop October.
Whitaker said there was widespread speculation that eviction by police might come after the city opens its canadian goose jacket winter shelters on December 1, a point at which homeless residents of the canada goose clearance sale Occupy LA camp would drift away on their own.
