Protesters vow to stand their ground at Occupy DC camp

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Washington (CNN) -- U.S. Park Police began enforcing a ban Monday on camping in two Washington parks, with Occupy protesters at one site defiantly huddling under a large blue tarp that they dubbed the "tent of dreams."
No one had been arrested as of early Monday afternoon at McPherson Park or Freedom Plaza, Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said at an impromptu news conference frequently interrupted by protesters. But some protesters had voluntarily agreed to remove sleeping bags, pillows and housekeeping supplies, he said.
On Friday, the National Park Service set a noon Monday deadline for protesters who have occupied the parks for months to remove their camping gear. Park officials said protesters would be allowed to remain around the clock and keep up tents, so long as one side of each tent remains open at all times, officials said.
Georgia resident Dane Charles Primerano filed a complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court in Washington on Monday claiming that "the term 'camping' is defined over-broadly."http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/us/dc-occupy/index.html

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1. K&R (nt)

[99th_Monkey]

2. Now this is an interesting new wrinkle in the Occupy phenomenon

It doesn't really say if people can sleep in these open tents or not, but the inference is that sleeping is not allowed,
since they agreed to remove sleeping bags.

Occupy Portland has a 24/7 "vigil" in front of City Hall to demand an end to the homeless camping ban, and I think
their tent is like transparent clear plastic, which I think the city has pretty much left alone so far...and the understanding
with city is that no sleeping is allowed at the vigil.