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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts) Thu Jan 19, 2012, 07:17 AM Jan 2012

Police take down Occupy Syracuse camp (overnight)

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Police-take-down-Occupy-Syracuse-camp/lc4xe737EUCJ84LAicdQqA.cspx

Syracuse, New York - (WSYR-TV) - News is breaking in Downtown Syracuse, where police moved in overnight to takedown the Occupy
Syracuse encampment on South Salina Street.

Police arrested seven people on trespassing charges after they moved in about 3:30 Thursday morning. Syracuse DPW crews have dismantled the tents at the camp site.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner ordered the protesters out by 8 a.m. Wednesday, city officials were concerned that propane tanks and space heaters at the site had become a fire hazard.
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