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Occupy D.C. Update

Occupy D.C. Update - Occupy D.C. protesters unfurled a huge blue tarp in McPherson Square on Monday, hoping to provoke mass arrests as a National Park Service deadline to halt camping there came and went. But the police sidestepped confrontation and chose a wait-and-see approach, citing “incremental” progress as demonstrators began hauling bedding and other belongings out of the square.


The Park Service announced Friday that it would begin enforcing its long-standing regulation prohibiting camping on federal parkland Monday at noon. Protesters living at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza were warned to stop camping overnight in the parks and remove all sleeping gear and other equipment — or risk arrest.

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