Police shut down Occupy N.S and arrested 25 protesters "WHY"

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Halifax police arrested 15 people Friday and took down tents at the site of a local Occupy Nova Scotia protest, hours after the city marked Remembrance Day.
The protesters had set up their encampment in a downtown park last week, after the city asked them to relocate from the nearby cenotaph where annual Remembrance Day celebrations were to take place.
The arrests occurred hours after the ceremony ended, when some protesters refused to leave the park protest site and a stand-off with police ensued.
"I am a taxpayer of Nova Scotia and I'm being arrested for occupying Nova Scotia," said protester Miles Howe, as he was being handcuffed in the rain.
Police Chief Frank Beazley said that the arrested protesters could face obstruction charges, after the city announced Friday that protesters were breaking bylaws and had to leave.
"While the Halifax Regional Municipality has respected the Occupy Nova Scotia participants' right to a peaceful assembly and their right to have their issues known publicly, it is now time to return Victoria Park, the Grand Parade and other HRM parks to the public at large," the statement said.
The notice from chief administrative officer Mike Labrecque also said it is illegal to camp in municipal parks, and that people are barred from the parks between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless they have written permission from the city.
Protesters still have the right to protest peacefully in parks during normal hours, the statement said.
Mayor Peter Kelly said that while he support the right to protest, the Occupy group "won't be able to use their tents to do it."
The city opted to evict demonstrators partly because the weeks-old protest had cost the city about $40,000 as of Thursday, Kelly told CTV News Channel.
By Friday night, the camp had been packed up and the group had moved to a nearby church to plan what their next move will be.
Some among them claimed victory after police moved on the camp, arguing that it would boost support for their cause.
"People have come together to support us and thanks to the mayor, I think that he's only made us stronger," said protester Struan Ford.
Their supporters appear to include New Democrat MLA Howard Epstein, who said the decision to evict the protesters on Remembrance Day "is a disgrace and undermines the very rights and freedoms our veterans fought for."
Last week, the protesters were asked to clear out of the Grand Parade so city staff could prepare the location for Remembrance Day ceremonies, which are held there every year.
They complied, moving to Victoria Park, but said they planned to return to the Grand Parade after Remembrance Day.
Kelly said that would not be permitted

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[cmorga123]

peter kelly is a bitch

[ThePoliceChaser]

@connorcrow93 Please excuse my ignorance, my eyes have been opened to the atrocities that many governments are trying to do. People need to stand up, and fight back. We will not be oppressed!

We are the 99%

We are Anonymous.

We are Legion.

We do not forgive

We do not forget .

You should've expected us.

[abbienetvision]

@unfortunatebeam

I agree..there should be a middle ground, but the blame for the social programs not being able to work, should go to the right group, who is stealing from it.

[unfortunatebeam]

@abbienetvision Capitalism evidently doesn't work on a large scale either.

[unfortunatebeam]

@gopconservative78 oh shutup with the "communist" bullshit moron. We're all so sick your ignorant ass kind.

[TidalWavesProduction]

police brutality! he threw one girl to the ground and kneeled on another while a second cop arrested the second girl. I also counted 9 or 10 police officers surrounding 3 men at 5:09. that's a bit excessive. Kelly is also part of that council and he misled the council into thinking and decideing on one thing, while he did something else.

[gopconservative78]

@VinceValentine3 its NOT free you worthless communist idiot. Its paid by property taxes

[abbienetvision]

Muslims make up 3% of the population, but 40% of the social services (due to polygamy and abuse of the kindness of Canadians) This is the same in the European societies which invited in Muslims. You need to see where the problem is logically. If a man has 4 wives and 20+ kids, the state is paying for all of them, and you have one person working paying into the system. This is why socialism can only work if each person is paying his way and not taking advantage, but that is not the reality

[abbienetvision]

@VinceValentine3

I am going to try to break in down in the simplest terms.

In Canada there were 15 million people (so that is the max that could work, if everyone was healthy and had a job) in the 50's. Today there are 35 million

Let's say that everyone paid for all social programs in the 50's, but today there is over double the amount who want a part of that amount of money. Where do you expect the money to come from? Many new immigrants are leeches who never gave into the system!

[abbienetvision]

@VinceValentine3

You need to look up communism, since that is what you are suggesting, but are just too ignorant to know it. Communism can never work on a large scale, but it can on a small one, move to some cult and see that they share everything. Why don't you join the Moonies or Krishnas?? Jamestown worked out really well...just sign up and see that everything you want is already there!