LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Just days after receiving word that they'd be evicted if they didn't leave City Hall Park by early Monday morning, many Occupy L.A. protesters are trying asking themselves a common question: abandon the camp or face the LAPD?
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced in a press conference Friday that the Occupy L.A. encampment will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28. Now some protesters are breaking camp and leaving City Hall Park while others are gearing up for a confrontation with police.
Getting arrested is a clear goal among many of the occupiers. On a white board on the north side of City Hall, where the impending police action was being discussed, someone wrote: "If we can put all the people in the legal system, we can stop the court system!!"
Clark Davis, an Occupy L.A. activist, told the Los Angeles times he spent much of the morning walking around informing campers of the deadline and the civil disobedience training. On Saturday evening organizers planned to show a documentary about successful nonviolent protests around the world.
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