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N.Y. Occupy crackdown came without warning

Camp cleared after 2 weeks of failed talks

By David M. Halbfinger and Michael Barbaro

 |  New York Yimes  

  November 16, 2011

Emergency-service trucks rumbled up Broadway to positions on two sides of Zuccotti Park. Powerful klieg lights blinked on, illuminating about 220 protesters in tents and sleeping bags. The one-square-block was as bright as day. But it was only 1 a.m.

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