« Occupy Belligham » évacué par la police – 28 décembre 2011

Occupy Bellingham protesters evicted; police arrest four

seattletimes.nwsource.com

28 12 2011

By The Associated Press

Four Occupy Bellingham protesters were arrested as police enforced an eviction notice on the encampment at Maritime Heritage Park on Wednesday.

BELLINGHAM — Four Occupy Bellingham protesters were arrested as police enforced an eviction notice on the encampment Wednesday.

The Bellingham Herald reported that police officers in riot gear moved into Maritime Heritage Park a day after the city had warned the encampment that it was being evicted.

Police Lt. Rick Sucee said two men and a woman were arrested for trespassing in the park, while another man was arrested for disorderly conduct. Sucee said the park was cleared peacefully, with no injuries reported. Read more…

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Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington.[4] It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated onBellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi IslandPortage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia. It lies west of Mount Baker and Lake Whatcom (from which it gets its drinking water) and north of the Chuckanut Mountains and Skagit Valley. Whatcom Creek runs through the center of the city.

Bellingham’s population was 80,885 at the 2010 Census.[5] The boundaries of the city encompass the former towns of Fairhaven (now home to the southern ferry terminus of the Alaska Marine HighwaySystem), Whatcom, Sehome, and Bellingham. Nearly half of all residents of Whatcom County live within Bellingham.

~ par Alain Bertho sur 29 décembre 2011.

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