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Occupy LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court
Associated Press
2011-11-28
For now, Wall Street protesters camped out on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn still have their tent city after defying a deadline to pack up and clear out. « Still occupied, » read the sign of a protester up in a tree.
Hours after emerging from a possible confrontation with police largely unscathed on Monday, demonstrators turned to the federal courts to keep officers away.
They are arguing that the City Council had passed a resolution in support of Occupy Los Angeles and that the city’s mayor and police did not have the authority to evict them.
The chances that protesters will get an injunction appear slim, constitutional experts say.
Until there is a decision, the tent city’s inhabitants are left to wonder if and when police will push them out and if there will be the kind of violence that has engulfed evictions in other cities when they do. Read more…
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