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Photos from the Occupy Seattle protest tuesday night in Westlake Park. Seattle activists Dorli Rainey, age 84, and Jennifer (surname unknown), two-month pregnant, were both directly hit with pepper spray by Seattle police. Photography by Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com.

More photos and full story at seattlepi.com

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A video clip from the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, NYC last night. I didn’t shoot the video, but am providing another way for others to find it. Viewers have alleged that NYPD seen in the video were striking protesters in their faces whilst making arrests.

NYC Mayor’s Office: “Occupants of Zuccotti should temporarily leave and remove tents and tarps. Protestors can return after the Park is cleared. #ows” 

NYC Mayor’s Office: “Occupants of Zuccotti should temporarily leave and remove tents and tarps. Protestors can return after the Park is cleared. #ows”

 

leftliberty: Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Protesters Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” before the morning and that any demonstrator who did not leave would be arrested. The protesters, about 200 of whom have been staying in the park overnight, resisted with chants of “Whose park? Our park!” as officers began moving in and tearing down tents. The protesters rallied around an area known as “the kitchen” near the middle of the park and began building barricades with tables and pieces of scrap wood. The officers, who had gathered between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and then rode in vans along Broadway, moved into the one-square-block park shortly after 1 a.m. Read more

leftliberty:

Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Protesters

Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” before the morning and that any demonstrator who did not leave would be arrested.

The protesters, about 200 of whom have been staying in the park overnight, resisted with chants of “Whose park? Our park!” as officers began moving in and tearing down tents. The protesters rallied around an area known as “the kitchen” near the middle of the park and began building barricades with tables and pieces of scrap wood.

The officers, who had gathered between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and then rode in vans along Broadway, moved into the one-square-block park shortly after 1 a.m.

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The New York Times

OWS: A live broadcast from NYC

I’ve been recording the stream, and hope to upload it once the broadcast ends.

The Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't have an "official" anything

Fast Company asks who is Occupy Wall Street? Infographic by jess3.com

Photos from the Occupy Oakland protests in Oakland, California, shot over the last couple of days. By Stephen Lam via Los Angeles Times and Reuters

Los Angeles Times