Occupy London évacué par la police – 27 février 2012

Occupy London eviction: live coverage

telegraph.co.uk

By Amy Willis

28 Feb 2012

Live coverage as dozens of police move in to clear protesters’ tents from the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, breaking up a camp which has lasted more than 100 days.

07.00 A City of London police spokesman has confirmed that at least 20 arrests were made overnight, calling the eviction « peaceful ».

06.54 Our man on the ground also send us this picture from outside St Paul’s:

06.44 Andrew Hough, who is at St Paul’s, reports that the area is calm and near empty.

One lone protester remains, looked on by police guarding the site while live tv crews broadcast from the scene. After four and half months the area is now clear. City of London cleaners have been working throughout the night to clean the area.

Workers are walking past, with many pausing to look at a site that was full of tents last time they came to work.

06.29 Kai Wargalla, a spokesman for the Occupy movement, has been speaking about the surprise eviction at sister site The School of Ideas.

The School of Ideas was evicted today as well, which we were shocked about, so we’ll probably put up some tents in Finsbury Square to accommodate those people too. There are around 150 people there now since we got the decision about St Paul’s last week.

06.10 The Occupy group has created this map of visitors to the St Paul’s camp, showing support from all over the world in the last 100 days.

05.35 Police are withdrawing from the cathedral. Dave Wyllie tweets:

05.24 Police have formed « a kettle » at Millenium Bridge, according to some of the protesters. They claim it is to prevent people sleeping on the streets. Others suggest police are simply moving people on.

05.05 There have been some suggestions that the protesters will move the St Paul’s camp to Finsbury Square. Kai Wargalla, a spokesman for the Occupy movement, said the eviction isn’t the end for Occupy and they are planning to regroup and come back stronger. Wargalia also says the police gave them five minutes notice before the eviction.

It’s really sad what’s happening today but I think we can be proud of what we’ve achieved. Our community is being attacked here, but we’re going to reconvene and come back stronger. We’re going to think about our strategy and tactics and it’s going to be an interesting time. Read more…

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