The Eviction of Occupy Wall Street Told Via Twitter

Law enforcement has been issuing eviction notices to protesters across the nation, with the latest coming from the NYPD to Occupy Wall Street. Just after 1 a.m., police converged on Zuccotti Park and cleared it out. The 200 or so protesters that had been staying in the park attempted to resist the cleansing of the area, and authorities report that 180 to 190 people were arrested for disorderly conduct or resisting arrest.

Check out this account of the eviction, told through the tweets of everyone from ?uestlove, to the Office of Mayor Bloomberg to Occupy Wall Street.

[via Gothamist and The New York Times]

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Law enforcement has been issuing eviction notices to protesters across the nation, with the latest coming from the NYPD to Occupy Wall Street. Just after 1 a.m., police converged on Zuccotti Park and cleared it out. The 200 or so protesters that had been staying in the park attempted to resist the cleansing of the area, and authorities report that 180 to 190 people were arrested for disorderly conduct or resisting arrest.

Check out this account of the eviction, told through the tweets of everyone from ?uestlove, to the Office of Mayor Bloomberg to Occupy Wall Street itself.

[via Gothamist and The New York Times]

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?uestlove kicked things off with a warning to protesters, asking them to be safe.

Occupy Wall Street alerts everyone.

Note: this comes a few minutes before the tweet from the Mayor.

Mayor Bloomberg's office instructs occupants to leave "temporarily" claiming they can return after the park has been swept.

Arguably the quote of the night, the Village Voice's Rosie Gray is reminded by the NYPD that anyone can get it.

The Village Voice's Rosie Gray almost became a statistic.

Just when she thought she was safe, Gray gets tossed around by the police.

TIME writer Ishaan Tharoor comments on the morale of protesters during the raid.

New York Times reporter Corey Kilgannon says the NYPD has sent protesters scrambling with a megaphone on wheels.

The NYPD takes out the donated library.

This had to have been surreal to watch, almost like an alien invasion.

After joking about it, Gene Dexter confirms that Al-Jareeza is reporting live.

Without a home base, things get nasty during a random meeting of protesters..

Tharoor believes his friend, Jared Malsin, got arrested during the madness.

New York Times writer Sarah Maslin Nir relays a live account of more arrests. (One of three.)

One woman gets horse-collared by a cop while trying to make it to the sidewalk.

Cops lower the boom on protesters. (Three of three.)

Salon reporter Justin Elliot overhears a Queens cop calling Bloomberg a pussy.

If you didn't think the plan to shut down the NYSE was going down, you're dumb.

Cara Buckley of the New York Times comments on the satisfaction of "the common man" with the NYPD's move on the morning after.

Remember this guy? He was on the scene this morning as protesters planned to reclaim Zuccotti Park.

Jared Malsin is released from jail, and claims he was arrested while trying to evade police.