MONEY MATTERS

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sent the police force to Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement, at 1 a.m. to evict the peaceful protesters. In an attempt to wipe off the Occupy Wall Street movement the protesters were forced out of the park.

The Mayor has said that the eviction was carried out due to health and safety reasons. The police deployed bulldozers to clear the belongings of the protesters. Peeper spray, tear gas and sound canons were also used by the police. This is similar to the Oakland police action against the Occupy protesters.

At a news conference the Mayor said, “The law that created Zuccotti Park required that it be open for the public to enjoy for passive recreation 24 hours a day.” Since the Occupy movement began, he said that the park was unavailable to anyone else. As the owners of the Park sought for the city’s assistance to clear the sleeping and camping of the protesters, the Mayor had used the police force to clear the protesters.

The National Lawyers Guild has obtained a court injunction that allowed the protesters to return with tents to the park. “The guild says the injunction prevents the city from enforcing park rules on Occupy Wall Street protesters,” reports noted.

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