New York City's Mayor Bloomberg finally realized that his constituents were fed up with the antics, the crime, the filth and the smell of the OWS encampment at Zuccotti Park, so he ordered the NYPD into action to clear the park.
The mayor's original idea was a temporary, peaceful eviction for 'cleaning', after which the protesters would be allowed to return to the park, but without their tents and sleeping bags to prevent the illegal campground from being set up again.
The eviction was far from peaceful, with over two hundred being arrested and several police injured. And as it turns it, the OWS crowd got assistance from the communist front National Lawyer's Guild and found a like-minded judge willing to issue a court order that effectively stripped New York City of its ability to enforce park rules,which would have prohibited the OWS crowd from bringing their tents, tarps and sleeping bags into the park.
Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to fight the court order, so we'll see what develops.
UPDATE: New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman has ruled in agreement with the City of New York that camping in a park wasn't free speech protected by the First Amendment. The OWS protesters can be allowed back in,but they won't be allowed to camp out there anymore.
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