D.C. police take down tents contrary to what was decided on in court....
"Update 4:25 pm: At least two protesters from Freedom Park who went to the McPherson Park to offer assistance have been injured. It has been reported that an occupier named Mike has a hairline fracture in his arm, resulting from being hit by police. Another occupier, Taylor, has reportedly been tased and arrested."
"Forty cops on horseback and another forty on motor cycles with a helicopter overhead roared into McPherson Park this morning at 5:35 AM Saturday Feb.4, 2012.
The cops, in an apparent effort to make their authoritarian assault on the park a media event, had contacted main stream media prior to the raid as the first sign of trouble was the arrival of camera crews. Suddenly the police on horseback and the motorcycle cops materialized on all four sides of the camp. They immediately took control of the statue of General James McPherson, the namesake of the park, by using metal barriers. In recent days, as a reaction to the National Park Service notice prohibiting the Occupiers from camping, the campers had Occupied the statue using a very large tent blue tarp, emblazoned with Occupy slogans, to cover the general."
"Ed. note: On Tues., Jan. 31, Federal Judge James Boasberg issued a Preliminary Order of the Court stopping the evictions of the two Occupy camps in Washington DC, at McPherson Park and Freedom Park. The police action on Sat. appears to be in conflict with the judge's rulings. "http://www.opednews.com/articles/OCCUPY-DC--5-35AM-Cops-a-by-Brett-Redmayne-Tit-120204-961.html
So if police are not following court orders, isn't this a bigger safety issue for this country, than people with tents in a public space?
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