As the Police Moved In, the Word Went Out: ‘It’s Happening’

As the Police Moved In, the Word Went Out: ‘It’s Happening’: New York Times, by Colin Moynihan & Corey Kilgannon Posted By: JoniTx- Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:22:01 GMT The police began showing up by the hundreds just after midnight. Scores of officers arrived in vehicles that had been staging over by the Brooklyn Bridge but were now at Zuccotti Park. They surrounded the encampment of tents and tarps and booths that the Occupy Wall Street protesters had built and lived in for nearly two months. The police ringed the park and set up bright klieg lights, and protesters emerged bewildered out of their tents. Some blew whistles, others urged calm and still others warned each other: “It’s happening.” The police issued their ultimatum through multiple bullhorns:

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