Occupy L.A. Raid: LAPD Moves In To Clear City Hall Camp [Live Video]

By Gene Maddaus Wed., Nov. 30 2011 at 1:07 PM

12:15 a.m. Police pouring out of south entrance of City Hall, onto south steps. Ordering occupiers to clear the area. Cop shoves guy with a camera to the ground on KCAL.

12:12 a.m. One thing MSM broadcasters and UStreamers have in

common: When nothing's going on, you still have to talk. Skirmish line

at 1st and Main. Chants of "We are peaceful!"

12:04 a.m. LAPD has latex gloves due to concerns of staph infections among Occupiers, per LA Times pooler.

Line of Cops At City Hall -- Reuters.jpg

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Pool

LAPD officers line up as they prepare to move in to City Hall Park

11:39 p.m. Cops have heard rumors that Occupiers have "wrist

rockets" and may use them to shoot marbles at officers, per L.A. Daily

News pool. Other LAPD concerns: Occupiers may throw feces or urine. Cops

may have to use cherry picker to get the guy out of the tree.

11:20 p.m. Approximately 30 buses carrying 1200 police officers

staged at Dodger Stadium, per Reuters pool report. LAPD said police will

declare an unlawful assembly in an area a couple blocks around L.A.

City Hall. Anyone wishing to leave can do so. The rest will be subject

to arrest.

10:52 p.m. LAPD Commander Andrew Smith: "We're going to use as much restraint as possible." Video. Protesters at 1st and Main: "Whose street? Our street!"

10:35 p.m. Police in riot gear lining up along 1st Street and

Broadway. Gary Silbiger of National Lawyers Guild says 30 legal

observers are on hand. "We think strongly that people have the right to

assemble here," he said.

10:18 p.m. Fireworks? Yes, fireworks. Park will "close" in 12 minutes (though it is already "closed").

10:12 p.m. KCAL finds a guy who says he's out there because the Masons and the Rothschilds run the world.

10:07 p.m.: "I don't want to be arrested," said Lu Cruz, a Montebello teacher who came out to support the movement. "I do have to work tomorrow. But I will stick my neck out as far as I can to protect the Constitutional right to free speech."

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Pool

LAPD officers wait on a bus as they prepare to evict Occupy L.A.

9:38 p.m. CBS live video shows buses of police officers on the move. Streets around City Hall being closed. LAPD on citywide tactical alert.

9:16 p.m. Reports of several hundred officers loading onto buses at Dodger Stadium. Occupiers have set up this trash-can barricade to stop them.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck confers with Asst. Chief Earl Paysinger at the staging area.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Pool

7:38 p.m. Occupy L.A. has put out a Twitter-plea urging supporters to come down to City Hall before the streets are blocked off.

Mary Slosson, of Reuters, reported on Twitter that she saw 7-8 city buses, a police mobile substation, and a dozen police cars heading to the Dodger Stadium lot.

Mario Brito, one of the Occupy city liaisons, has sent out a press

release urging a "nonviolent resolution to the encampment at L.A. City

Hall."

"We call on all sides to show respect and restraint," said the release,

which was joined by Good Jobs L.A. and other labor organizations.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Pool

Destination: Occupy L.A.

Here's four live video streams. They tend to go in and out, but at least one should be working at any given time. First, OccupyFreedomLA:

Here's another one from Occupy Oakland, who have come down to witness the L.A. eviction:

Here's another feed from CrossXBones.

And here's the view from the L.A. Times building:

Tags:

Chief Charlie Beck, LAPD, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Occupy L.A.

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Bob

You're right... the constitution doesn't prohibit you specifically from forming on the LA City Hall lawn. How could it? The city municipal codes do though. If you want to obtain a permit, go right ahead and form peacefully, otherwise, parks close at 10:30, kids. Remember? Damn, if i hadn't done the responsible thing and paid off my student loans, I could have gone down there too! I'm sure while the "99%" were running the streets, the real 99% were at home, sleeping to go to work the next day... and the LAPD was probably laughing at "you" while they earned overtime. Time for a refresher course on Govt.

thehuntress144

Bingo! Bob you are the man...exactly what I came here to say!

Jake Werner

So where was the live video?

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They should be protesting our last election. Our next election could be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin's bus tour was really canceled? Know what leaked out? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she's not running? She's dodging the media now because of thishttp://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret...

Guest

The whole idea of 'unlawful assembly' really gets to me. Where in the consitution does it dictate where and when our freedom of assembly is and is not a right? I don't remember reading about the part in the constitution where it says that we're only allowed to gather in protest of a thing how and when the thing we're protesting allows.

On the other hand. Kudos to the LAPD. NOT for dragging people off when they aught to have been respecting their rights under the constitution, but for NOT firing those rubber bullets. Protesters still got hurt, but it's much MUCH better than the police in other areas have done. I still think they're serving the wrong people, but at least that service seams to lack much of the sadism and brutality displayed by other law enforcement all across America.

Bob

You must have read over it then, cuz its right there... next to the section mandating that at some point in time all candy bars must come out in "fun size". It can't cover every detail, thats where the lower levels of government come in... duh.

Sib

By that logic, the constitution guarantees me the right to assemble in your living room. After all, I don't remember reading in the constitution that I can't.

First

About time....

zungtoo

Should be interesting to see how that all turns out. WOw.anon-toolz.tk

zungtoo

Sooner or later the Sheeple are going to have to realize that its gonan take a LOT more than some silly protest to get any real results. Total-Privacy.us

Ecriterre

As long as there are no longer checks and balances on the 3 branches of govt. They are all composed mostly of lawyers, so laws are made by lawyers, passed by lawyers, enforced by lawyers and executed for the benefit of lawyers. The more complicated, the more tricks and loupholes, the more small print, etc. the more we need lawyers to keep from drowning in the bureaucracy. They'd never tolerate transparency in business or in government. I'm afraid the system too corrupt for repair

Greg791

I could have not stated this any better as briefly. Democracy is broken & we Americans need to go beyond voting, for the masses have been pushed to far. Our tax dollars are spent supporting the minorities interests to overthrow the masses votes & interests. Let's not forget the billions spent to care & provide for illegal aliens because we somehow cannot afford to secure our borders, but miraculously have funding to secure other countries. I could go on for days. I listen to all sides, but it appears one sided from the outside looking in!.