BOSTON
The officer began to move into the camp at around 5 PM to “ensure compliance with the laws of trespassing,” police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said.
The city has set a deadline of midnight Thursday for the protesters to leave the site but police took no action until early Saturday, making Boston city where officials the latest move to evict the protesters were demonstrating against what they called corporate greed and economic injustice.
As police moved in, about two dozen demonstrators linked arms and sat down in nonviolent protest and officials soon began to catch them. The protesters were “very accommodating” clerk, Driscoll said. Forty-six people were arrested on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct, police said. No injuries were reported. The entire operation lasted less than an hour.
“In the interest of public safety, we must act,” said Mayor Thomas Menino.