Marathon Pundit: Cops empty out Occupy Wall Street tent city

Finally wising up, Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to throw out the Occupy Street Protesters in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.

"Unfortunately, the park was becoming a place where people came not to protest, but rather to break laws, and in some cases, to harm others," the mayor said.

The rape of a deaf man was one of the alleged crimes that occurred in the OWS shanty town, while female occupiers felt compelled to set up a women's safety tent to prevent sexual assaults.

In the last few days business owners in the area had been protesting the protesters, saying OWS harmed commerce.

Bloomberg and the other big city mayors who allowed the shanty towns to exist owe an apology to their citizens for allowing these filthy crime magnets to fester for so long. The mainstream media has been reporting on Occupy movement crimes, but not the totality of them. They will report on a rape or a shooting in one place, but generally not inform their audience the total number of such incidents. But Big Government is keeping score.

For instance, there have been seven Occupy deaths.

Uh oh, they're back. And the troublesome National Lawyers Guild is behind it.

From AP:

Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided Zuccotti Park early Tuesday, evicting dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters from what has become the epicenter of the worldwide movement protesting corporate greed and economic inequality.

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Hours later, the National Lawyers Guild obtained a court order allowing Occupy Wall Street protesters to return with tents to the park. The guild said the injunction prevents the city from enforcing park rules on Occupy Wall Street protesters. (Emphasis mine.)

At a morning news conference at City Hall, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city knew about the court order but had not seen it and would go to court to fight it. He said the city wants to protect people's rights, but if a choice must be made, it will protect public safety.