The Occupy LA tent city is history.
More than 200 Occupiers preferred to get arrested rather than obey the law and clear the area.
From FOX News:
Los Angeles police say more than 200 people were arrested during a raid of the Occupy LA encampment.
Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference that the arrests were mainly peaceful and there were no injuries.
Beck says an initial search of the camp turned up no drugs or weapons.
Around 500 helmeted Los Angeles Police Department officers burst out of City Hall doors and raced into the Occupy L.A. encampment early Wednesday, some firing rubber bullets while others began arresting a few of the protesters on the south lawn.
"Please do the right thing," one protester yelled at police as they began entering the encampment.
Defiant Los Angeles campers who were chanting slogans as the officers surrounded the park, booed when an unlawful assembly was declared, paving the way for officers to begin arresting those who didn't leave.
...Opamago Cascini, 29, said the night had been a blast and he was willing to get arrested.
"It's easy to talk the talk, but you gotta walk the walk," Cascini said.
The LAPD declared the Occupy L.A. site an unlawful assembly about 12:30 a.m. and gave demonstrators 10 minutes to clear the area or be arrested, LAPD Officer Karen Rayner of the Media Relations Section told MyFoxLA.com.
And what was accomplished by the Occupation?
The Occupiers had "a blast" living in tents and chanting and ranting for weeks and weeks?
This unlawful assembly should have been declared long ago and order restored.
The lawbreaking should not have been tolerated.
Breitbart has video of the final moments before police began the arrests.
Embarrassing.
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