NYPD Attacks & Clears Liberty Park

"If it wasn't for them [NYPD], we'd be meeting and talking about solutions and how to make our world a better place right now. Instead, we're talking about our personal safety."
- Heard outside the park

NYPD IS RAIDING OCCUPY WALL STREET

Posted 8 hours ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 1:20 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force in full riot gear.
We will reoccupy!

Updates

• 6:05 a.m. Liberty Square has been cleared. General assembly under way at Foley Square.
• 3:36 a.m. Kitchen tent reported teargassed. Police moving in with zip cuffs.
• 3:33 a.m. Bulldozers moving in
• 3:16 a.m. Occupiers linking arms around riot police
• 3:15 a.m. NYPD destroying personal items. Occupiers prevented from leaving with their possessions.
• 3:13 a.m. NYPD deploying sound cannon
• 3:08 a.m. heard on livestream: "they're bringing in the hoses."
• 3:05 a.m. NYPD cutting down trees in Liberty Square
• 2:55 a.m. NYC council-member Ydanis Rodríguez arrested and bleeding from head.
• 2:44 a.m. Defiant occupiers barricaded Liberty Square kitchen
• 2:44 a.m. NYPD destroys OWS Library. 5,000 donated books in dumpster.
• 2:42 a.m. Brooklyn Bridge confirmed closed
• 2:38 a.m. 400-500 marching north to Foley Square
• 2:32 a.m. All subways but R shut down
• 2:29 a.m. Press helicopters evicted from airspace. NYTimes reporter arrested.
• 2:22 a.m. Frontpage coverage from New York Times
• 2:15 a.m. Occupiers who have been dispersed are regrouping at Foley Square
• 2:10 a.m. Press barred from entering Liberty Square
• 2:07 a.m. Pepper spray deployed -- reports of at least one reporter sprayed
• 2:03 a.m. Massive Police Presence at Canal and Broadway
• 1:43 a.m. Helicopters overhead.
• 1:38 a.m. Unconfirmed reports of snipers on rooftops.
• 1:34 a.m. CBS News Helicopter Livestream
• 1:27 a.m. Unconfirmed reports that police are planning to sweep everyone.
• 1:20 a.m. Subway stops are closed.
• 1:20 a.m. Brooklyn bridge is closed.
• 1:20 a.m. Occupiers chanting "This is what a police state looks like."
• 1:20 a.m. Police are in riot gear.
• 1:20 a.m. Police are bringing in bulldozers.

Phone

• Call 311 if you're in the NYC area.
• NYPD 1st Precinct: 212.334.0611
• NYPD Central Booking: 718.875.6303
• NYPD Internal Affairs: 212.487.7350
• City Hall: 212.788.3058