Occupy DC defies camp eviction order
“Their time is up,” some of the protesters chanted after the midday deadline on Monday passed, referring to the police who failed to evict them, adding that “they just don't know it yet. They're paper tigers and we are a scorching fire.”
Tension is now running high as the National Park Service earlier warned the activists camping at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza that they would be subject to arrests if they violated the eviction order.
While the police has not yet announced when it would intervene, Park Police spokesman Sergeant David Schlosser said that they would “take a measured and appropriate response.”
Protesters have, however, vowed to defend their encampments. And as a show of defiance, the protesters have erected a massive 'tent of dreams' near the White House.
The anticipated showdown at the Washington camps comes a day after violence between riot police and Occupy protesters in city of Oakland led to the arrest of nearly 500 people.
The protest campaign owes its inspiration to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, which began when a group of demonstrators gathered in New York's financial district on September 17 to protest at, among other things, the excessive influence of big corporations on the US policies and the high-level corruption in the country.
