As the noon deadline from the U.S. Park Police drew near, McPherson Square filled with Occupiers, supporters, reporters and bystanders for what was supposed to be a near final confrontation between police and occupiers over the enforcement of the no camping in the park regulation. But the police never showed, instead the demonstrators draped the statue of General James Birdseye McPherson, the only commander of a Union army to die in the field, with a huge blue tarp from the neck down, like a giant skirt attached at the bottom to the wrought Iron perimeter fence. Inside there was enough space to hold scores of smaller tents and open space where Occupiers celebrated. Bystanders, mostly from the surrounding downtown Washington office buildings, strolled through on their lunch break, and most expressing some degree of support.
Related articles
- Occupy Miami Burns Eviction Notice From Miami-Dade County; Sunset Deadline Looms – Huffington Post (huffingtonpost.com)
- Occupy DC: Arrests In McPherson Square (huffingtonpost.com)
- Police targeting Occupy DC protesters one by one? (occupycyberspace.wordpress.com)
- Senseless Assault! – Cops attack and tase non-violent Occupy DC protester (occupycyberspace.wordpress.com)
- Occupy DC Celebrates Camping Ban By Erecting Massive Tent (crooksandliars.com)
- Tensions Rise, but No Evictions at Occupy D.C. (nytimes.com)
- Occupy DC Protests: Stun Gun Used On Protester, U.S. Park Police Say (huffingtonpost.com)
- Police move against some Occupy camps; arrests in N.C. (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- Police use stun gun on Occupy DC protester (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- Occupy DC Arrests: Structure In McPherson Square Prompts Police Action (huffingtonpost.com)
