City will move on Occupy camp when ‘necessary and appropriate’
A spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino declined today to say when police would take action against the several protesters who remain.
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John Foster swept an area where a tent was removed at the Occupy Boston site.
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A sign that read "Freedom of speech in progress" was placed near an area where protesters were cleaning up.
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After some tents were removed, mud remained in Dewey Square.
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John Dwyer of Jamaica Plain affixed a flag atop his tent at Dewey Square this morning.
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Massage therapist Clara Neeland penned a mission statement inside her tent at Dewey Square this morning.
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Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis toured the Occupy Boston camp at Dewey Square around 8 a.m. this morning.
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A young man was arrested for disorderly conduct after refusing to leave a tent he had set up in the middle of Atlantic Avenue.
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Protesters played percussion on buckets and chanted on Atlantic Avenue.
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After midnight, Occupy Boston protesters took over Atlantic Avenue at Dewey Square.
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A man rode a bicycle down the street, towing his tent, after the deadline passed to vacate the Occupy Boston camp.
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Protesters carried a Gandhi statue through the streets after the deadline passed.
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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.
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Protesters voted down a proposal to clean up the camp and hold a dance party.
Some Occupy Boston protesters plan to stay until they are forced out
Despite the vows of some demonstrators that they will stay until they are forcibly removed by police, the tent village appears to be a shadow of what it once was.
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