Toronto police hand out new eviction notices as some Occupy protesters vow to stay

[Electric Monk]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-police-hand-out-new-eviction-notices-as-some-occupy-protesters-vow-to-stay/article2243263/

While some packed their tents and left, others erected a makeshift barricade of boards and wood pallets outside the yurt that served as the movement’s library. Two masked protesters chained themselves to the yurt.

“Protect the books,” said one of the chained men, who was wearing a riot helmet. “In New York they took all the books.”

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Ontario Superior Court Judge David Brown ruled Monday morning that the city’s eviction notice was a reasonable infringement on the protesters’ Charter right to freedom of speech.

(snip. I love this quote from one of the city councilors. What a douche.)

“We have Robin Hoods and makeshift Jesuses walking around pretending that the park is theirs when in reality they have made a disaster of that park and turned it into a situation where it is going to cost the taxpayers a lot of money to bring it back.”


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1. This happened in oh-so-perfect Canada. I'm shocked.