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Protestor John Davis spoke with the crowd outside a tent on Atlantic Avenue. The city gave demonstrators until midnight to vacate Dewey Square, but many remained after the deadline.

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A young man is arrested for disorderly conduct after refused to leave a tent he had set up in the middle of Atlantic Avenue.

Aram Boghosian for the Boston Globe
Police officers dragged the tent out of Atlantic Avenue after arresting the two occupants and put it in the back of a garbage truck.

Aram Boghosian for the Boston Globe
Protestors played percussion on buckets and chanted on Atlantic Avenue.

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Police block off Atlantic Avenue at South Station.

Essdras M. Suarez/Globe Staff
Occupy Boston protesters took over Atlantic Avenue at Dewey Square.

Barry Chin / Globe Staff
A man rode a bicycle down the street, towing his tent, after the deadline passed to vacate the Occupy Boston camp.

Barry Chin / Globe Staff
Protesters carried a statue of Mohandas Gandhi after the deadline passed.

Barry Chin / Globe Staff
A group of Quakers joined the protest.

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A protester held a sign asking "is this a party or revolution" as the deadline neared.

Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff
Protesters met for more than two hours in Dewey Square as the deadline approached.

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Protesters voted down a proposal to clean up the camp and hold a dance party.

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Mayor Thomas Menino said yesterday the city would "act appropriately to fulfill our duty to preserve the public’s peace and safety."

Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff
Protesters rounded up belongings as dusk fell over Dewey Square.

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Kayla Mitchell appeared dejected as she sat in Dewey Square yesterday