(CNN) — Two bodies have been found in Yosemite National Park in recent days near where three hikers were swept over a 317-foot waterfall last July, officials at the park in California said Monday. The body of one of the three was recovered two weeks after the incident. In July, witnesses said the three — [...]
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December 6, 2011
December 5, 2011
Occupy D.C. standoff ends
Washington (CNN) — An hours-long standoff between police and Occupy DC protesters ended Sunday night after officers forcibly removed several people clinging to a wood structure erected earlier in the district’s McPherson Square. A total of 31 people were arrested over the course of the day, according to U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser. [...]
December 5, 2011
Arrests after Occupy Portland protest
(CNN) — Protesters in Portland rallied in the streets overnight after the city closed a park half an hour ahead of schedule. “This is a peaceful protest! We have the right to assemble!” demonstrators chanted late Saturday night. The city closed South Park Blocks park about 8:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) after “park employees and [...]
December 5, 2011
Police order structure taken down at Occupy DC
Washington (CNN) — An hours-long standoff between police and Occupy DC protesters ended Sunday night after officers forcibly removed several people clinging to a wood structure erected earlier in the district’s McPherson Square. A total of 31 people were arrested over the course of the day, according to U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser. [...]
December 5, 2011
Police arrest protesters in Washington, Portland
December 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Police arrest protesters in Washington, Portland 04 Dec 2011 Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting demonstrators in Portland, Oregon and in Washington, D.C., authorities said on Sunday. Portland police arrested 19 people who were trying to occupy a [...]
December 5, 2011
December 5, 2011
Occupy DC protesters arrested after building wooden structure in park
US park police have arrested Occupy DC protesters who refused to dismantle an unfinished wooden structure erected in a local park overnight. Protesters began constructing the wooden building on Saturday, but on Sunday police told them they needed a permit for such a structure and gave them an hour to disassemble it. When the protesters [...]
December 4, 2011
More than a dozen arrested after Occupy Portland protest
(CNN) — Protesters in Portland rallied in the streets overnight after the city closed a park half an hour ahead of schedule. “This is a peaceful protest! We have the right to assemble!” demonstrators chanted late Saturday night. The city closed South Park Blocks park about 8:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) after “park employees and [...]
December 3, 2011
Police arrest 29 Occupy Tampa protesters after asking them to vacate park
December 3, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Police arrest 29 Occupy Tampa protesters after asking them to vacate park 03 Dec 2011 One by one, they were handcuffed, pulled from the grass and loaded into a police van. All 29 of them. In the biggest night of arrests since the Occupy Tampa movement began three months [...]
December 2, 2011
Obama lights National Christmas Tree near White House
December 2, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Obama lights National Christmas Tree near White House 01 Dec 2011 The sights and sounds swirling around Thursday’s annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree rang of the yuletide traditions of yore: a security sweep in the afternoon, the jazzy stylings of a military band, attendees milling about with [...]
November 30, 2011
US police raid two Occupy camps
30 November 2011 Last updated at 15:01 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police arrested a number of people as they moved in to clear the site US police have raided Occupy Wall Street camps in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, arresting over 200 people and tearing up tent cities. In Los [...]
November 28, 2011
Occupy LA protesters braced for eviction
Hundreds of Occupy protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles city hall for weeks are braced for eviction as supporters rally to the scene in a show of solidarity. The city’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, has said that Occupy LA protesters will be given until just after midnight to dismantle their tents, pack up their belongings [...]
November 28, 2011
Occupy LA defy eviction deadline
28 November 2011 Last updated at 09:40 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. LAPD commander Andrew Smith: “A lot of folks have left the park area – so far it’s been non-violent” Occupy Wall Street protesters camped outside City Hall in Los Angeles have defied an eviction deadline, with some 1,000 [...]
November 26, 2011
Occupy Los Angeles faces Monday eviction deadline
Hundreds of Occupy protesters will be evicted on Monday from their encampment in front of Los Angeles city hall, city officials have said. The nearly two-month-old encampment is among the oldest and largest on the US west coast aligned with the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations protesting against economic inequality and the excesses of the financial [...]