Countdown provides more coverage on the Occupy movement as the campaigners vote to resist an order to vacate Zucotti Park
The protesters at “Occupy Wall Street” in New York’s Zuccotti Park have voted to resist an order by the mayor’s office requiring them to vacate the park on Friday for cleaning, setting the stage for a major confrontation with police.
Bloomberg went to the protest site, where several hundred people are camped out, to explain the move, which would be the first time the demonstrators are asked to leave, the mayor’s office said. Bloomberg claimed the owners of the plaza wanted to exercise their duty in cleaning it — and that this was their right, although protestors would be allowed back immediately.
But in a general assembly vote, protesters decided they would clean the park themselves, calling for supporters to donate “brooms, mops, squeegees, dust pans, garbage bags, power washers and any other cleaning supplies” to help their efforts.
