Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day
Sunday, February 5th, 2012 at
9:19 pm
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. police officers cleared tents from an “Reside in” protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues. About two dozen protesters in Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House, watched calmly as the Inhabitant Park police and sanitation workers in hazmat suits dismantled protesters’ tents, packed bedding and personal belongings into plastic bags and cardboard boxes, citing violations of rules against living in the park. …
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Riot police fought running skirmishes with anti-Wall Street protesters on Saturday, firing tear gas and bean bag projectiles and arresting more than 200 people in clashes that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. Three police officers and one protester were injured during the clashes, the city said, without detailing their conditions. Internet broadcasts by activists showed several demonstrators being treated by paramedics or loaded into ambulances. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police cannot place a GPS device on a suspect’s car to track his movements without a warrant, a test case that upholds basic privacy civil rights in the face of new surveillance technology. The high court ruling was a defeat for the Obama administration, which had argued that a warrant was not required to use global positioning logic devices to monitor a vehicle on public streets. The justices unanimously upheld a precedent-setting ruling by a U.S. …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man faces arson and bias charges after confessing on Tuesday to a series of Molotov cocktail attacks that hit a mosque and a Hindu place of worship and unsettled civic leaders concerned the actions might portend violent religious bigotry. The suspect, who has not been identified by name, is a 40-year-ancient unemployed tow-truck driver who appeared to have been motivated by personal grudges, said a law enforcement traditional with the investigation who was speaking on shape up of anonymity. …