Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Occupy D.C. is a non-partisan occupation of public space in Washington, D.C. based at McPherson Square and connected to the Occupy movements that sprung up across the United States in Fall 2011. The group has been demonstrating in McPherson Square since October 1, 2011, and in Freedom Plaza since October 6th.
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Authorities have charged a man with leaving a 13-month-old girl alone in a tent at the Occupy D.
C. camp.Officers were called to McPherson Square Wednesday morning after other people living in the park heard the girl crying, Sgt. David Schlosser, a U.S. Park Spokesman confirms to Fox News.Police believe the girl had been alone for at least a half hour wearing just a onesie on a rainy day when the temperature was in the mid-40s.The girl was checked by medics and placed in the custody of the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency.About 30 minutes later, a man approached officers claiming to be the child's father. He was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree cruelty to children. Police have not identified the man but said he had a tent in the Occupy encampment. "None of us knew this person," Kelly Canavan, a protester who has been living at the camp told Washington Post. "It was a despicable, atrocious thing to do. Everyone here is revolted by the behavior," she said. Click here...A radio host used to talking about operas by Puccini and Wagner now finds herself starring in her own drama.Lisa Simeone, who hosts the show "World of Opera" on Nati...
A federal judge said Tuesday that the U.S. government must notify Occupy DC protesters if it intends to evict them from a downtown Washington park and remove their t...
Police said early Saturday that a driver will not be charged for striking three people taking part in an Occupy DC protest in downtown Washington.Lt. Christopher Mic...
The "Occupy DC" encampment two blocks from the White House will remain occupied, at least for now.Federal authorities said Tuesday they have no plans to remove prote...
Occupy DC protesters will soon receive civil citations from U.S. Park Police if they continue camping in Washington's McPherson Square, but enforcement of a camping ...
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District of Columbia police on Saturday evening arrested 11 protesters and planned to charge them with unlawful entry after officers entered and cleared an abandoned...
DC violent crime has risen dramatically as police continue to battle the occupy movement
Activists tied up with rope
They were let back into Zuccotti Park, but kicked out of a vacant house in Seattle. In other places, Occupy protesters are in courtrooms fighting evictions.While the...
Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occ...
Officers enforcing ban on camping equipment
Several Occupy D.C. protesters will likely face charges after they were arrested in a protest outside the White House .U.S. Park Police say 11 protesters were arrest...
The head of the National Park Service defended his decision to let Occupy protesters camp out in a park in the middle of Washington, D.C., though he said Tuesday the...
Occupy DC has gotten an upgrade from the run-down tent village where they once lived, now that one of the country's most powerful labor unions is paying for office d...
Rep. Darrell Issa , the chairman of the House oversight committee, is asking the Obama administration to explain how it could allow Occupy protesters to destroy $400...
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A freelance radio host was fired from a documentary program that airs on NPR affiliates because she helped organize a Washington protest, the host said Thursday, whi...
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