Zuccotti Park Eviction Ruling: Protesters No Longer Allowed To Camp In Park [UPDATES]

Zuccotti Ruling In: Protesters No Longer Allowed To Camp In Park

By COLLEEN LONG and VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has upheld the city's dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters' first amendment rights don't entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza.

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Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman on Tuesday denied a motion by the demonstrators seeking to be allowed back into the park with their tents and sleeping bags.

Police cleared out the protesters in a nighttime sweep early Tuesday. The judge upheld the city's effective eviction of the protesters after an emergency appeal by the National Lawyers Guild.

The protesters have been camped out in privately owned Zuccotti Park since mid-September. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he ordered the sweep because health and safety conditions and become "intolerable" in the crowded plaza.

After the ruling came down, protesters were allowed to reenter the park, albeit without any bulky items or large backpacks. Even with the restrictions, however, the mood among the protesters was reportedly jubilant.

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