« Occupy Baltimore » évacué par la police – 13 décembre 2011

Police Remove Occupy Baltimore Protesters

time.com

By AP / SARAH BRUMFIELD Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011

(BALTIMORE) — Occupy Baltimore demonstrators who spent 10 weeks protesting economic disparity were removed peacefully from a downtown plaza near the Inner Harbor tourist district during a pre-dawn raid Tuesday.

Baltimore City police in full riot gear moved into McKeldin Square about 3:30 a.m. to remove the protesters, who had been camped out at the site since Oct. 4. City police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said there was no resistance from the people staying at the site. « The whole event was orchestrated well, which speaks to our relationship with Occupy, » Guglielmi said. « Everything was done very peacefully. »(See TIME’s video « What Happens After the Standoff at Occupy Oakland. »)

Demonstrators said about 30 people were camped out in the plaza at the time. A spokesman for the city’s mayor, Ryan O’Doherty, said 23 people were taken to a city shelter and that no arrests were made. O’Doherty said « the city made it very clear that they were allowed to protest all day and into the night, but that camping is prohibited. »

Protester Mike Gibb, a 21-year-old from Bel Air who participated in a march with Occupy Wall Street protesters from New York to Washington, said the eviction from the square marks « Phase 2 » for the movement. Gibb said demonstrators will begin squatting in vacant housing all over the city. « Occupy Baltimore will be coming to a neighborhood near you, » Gibb said. He added that the mayor had « opened a can of worms. »(See TIME’s photoessay « The Year of Guy Fawkes. ») Read more…