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Thursday, 16 February 2012
Newark PD finally evicts the Occupods, to make way for Whitney Houston's funeral
Well it's about freaking time, right?
After almost three months as the site of Occupy Newark's tent city, Military Park is back to normal.
City police evicted about 18 people tied to the national movement from their encampment early this morning.
The final act came about 1 a.m. today, as police began taking down eight tents. They then arranged shelter for at least some activists, one said.
"Everything was peaceful," said Newark's Dannisha Clyburn-Williams, 31, who is known as Hatari within the Occupy movement. She said there were no arrests.
Now the cynic in me says (and face it, cynicism is why you guys keep coming here, isn't it?) the timing of this eviction is no coincidence. I"m guessing the Occupods will be welcomed back right after Saturday's Whitney Houston funeral and sideshow extravaganza is over.
A bunch of dirty, smelly hippies isn't the face of Newark that Mayor Cory Booker wants to project on national television.
And before you jump on me for mocking a deceased "music icon" let me just say this. Everyone knew what a trainwreck she was. Where were all these concerned, caring, important people when she needed them? The outpouring of celebrity grief is touching, but would it have killed Oprah or Aretha or Jesse Jackson to pay Ms. Houston some attention while she was alive and it might have done some good?
Yeah, I know, they were busy.
Posted at 09:15 by Chris Wysocki
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