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Occupy protesters evicted from Zuccotti Park, judge issues order to Bloomberg

So this happened:

Hundreds of police officers in riot gear evicted dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday from the park that has become the epicenter of the worldwide movement protesting corporate greed.

About 70 people were arrested, including some who chained themselves together, while officers cleared Zuccotti Park so that sanitation crews could clean it.

Police in riot gear filled the streets, car lights flashing and sirens blaring. Protesters, some of whom shouted angrily at police, began marching to two locations in Lower Manhattan where they planned to hold rallies.

Protesters at the two-month-old encampment were told they could come back after the cleaning, but under new tougher rules, including no tents, sleeping bags or tarps, ...

So this happened:

Hundreds of police officers in riot gear evicted dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday from the park that has become the epicenter of the worldwide movement protesting corporate greed.

About 70 people ...

What We Missed

More anti-choice billboards targeting the black community are up in Atlanta. Their website? Abortioninthehood.com.

A judge has struck down the pregnancy discrimination case against Bloomberg (but will allow some individual lawsuits to move forward).

Planned Parenthood has ceased providing abortions in three cities in Arizona.

You did read what Senator Tom Coburn said about Obama supporting Medicare because as a black man he received “tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs,” right? Right??

A must-read from a couple of days ago: Sarah Jaffe at Feministe on the Verizon workers strike and class warfare. Amanda says we should call it like it is: feudalism.

More anti-choice billboards targeting the black community are up in Atlanta. Their website? Abortioninthehood.com.

A judge has struck down the pregnancy discrimination case against Bloomberg (but will allow some individual lawsuits to move forward).

Planned ...