Wall Street Protesters

Wall Street Protesters Lose Court Bid to Reverse Park Eviction

Occupy Wall Street” protesters lost a bid to overturn their eviction and the removal of tents and structures from a lower Manhattan park where they had been demonstrating 24 hours a day for eight weeks.

New York police pushed into the park early this morning, forcibly removing demonstrators who had been camping there to protest unemployment, income inequality and the financial industry. The demonstration at Zuccotti Park has sparked a series of similar protests in other cities and countries.

Responding to a request that he reverse the eviction, New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman ruled the protesters didn’t show “they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park along with their tents, structures, generators and other installations.”