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OWS Protesters Have Had Their Generators Taken Away Despite the Coming Cold for "Safety" Reasons
New York (CNN) — Authorities in lower Manhattan removed propane tanks and generators from Occupy Wall Street protesters’ home base Friday, raising the stakes as the weather turns cold and as officials across the country push for more strict control of the loosely defined movement.
“It came to our attention cans of gasoline and generators were in the park. These are fire hazards (and) against the law,” New York Mayor Michal Bloomberg said during his weekly WOR-AM radio show.
Bloomberg said that up to 40 firefighters had removed six generators and several gasoline cans from Zuccotti Park in the financial district early Friday.
“Our first concern is safety,” the mayor said, though demonstrators describe the move as an attempt to restrict Internet use and make their lives more difficult as a cold front rolls in. Read more at the link.
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