Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tuesday, November 16, 2011: The New York Times

        I was disappointed when I discovered that the article accompanying the picture on the front page was so short. The photo showed an empty tent encampment in Oakland, California that protesters had been cleared from. All along during the Occupy protests, city officials and police have been threatening to kick protesters out of the parks, but now it is beginning to actually happen. To me, it seems like this story is more newsworthy than this short article lets on. The article states that 32 people were arrested, which in the grand scheme of the Occupy movement is not a lot, but for arrests at one time, is a great number, in my opinion. The protesters plan on returning, so perhaps the clearing out of this park is not as successful as officials hope for, but should be something very interesting to follow up on.

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