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More Occupy Camps Face Shutdown Orders As Others Return

Paresh Dave |
November 29, 2011 | 3:50 p.m. PST

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A tent stake left behind by someone following orders by the city of Los Angeles to clear the park taken over by Occupy L.A. (Rosa Trieu / Neon Tommy)
A tent stake left behind by someone following orders by the city of Los Angeles to clear the park taken over by Occupy L.A. (Rosa Trieu / Neon Tommy)
Occupy Oakland demonstrators returned to Frank Ogawa Plaza on Tuesday afternoon with a plan to remain there around-the-clock without any tents.

They are the latest group of protestors to re-establish a public presence after being evicted earlier this month by local officials from camps that had been set up in early October.

Oakland police officers forcibly removed demonstrators from the park on Nov. 14, which led to several injuries and arrests. The city said tents won't be welcomed back, so protestors plan to keep up a constant vigil.

Elsewhere along the West Coast, protestors have started to take over vacant properties, the Associated Press reported.

In San Diego, protestors temporarily re-occupied their center on Monday by placing mini-tents on the ground.

On Tuesday, Oklahoma and Dayton became the latest cities to give occupiers an exit deadline. Occupy Oklahoma is expected to seek an injunction in federal court to bar the city from forcing them out -- an action that would be similar to one taken by the Los Angeles camp. A federal judge in Los Angeles has yet to opine on the lawsuit.

The warnings and soft hands city officials have offered to Occupy protestors have raised questions about whether officials are giving special treatment to the Occupy movement or are, in fact, exercising great caution so has not to repeat the violence in Oakland.

The Tea Party in Richmond, Virginia complained that they had to pay $10,000 to hold three rallies on city land, while the Occupy encampment has been able to stay for free.

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