The picture was on the front page of the New York Post of Zucatti Park empty. The police moved in at 1 a.m. to evict the tent village of Zucatti Park, and managed to block all access to the press during the process. There are few pictures of the actual eviction and most that do exist were taken by the protesters as they were being evicted. Following the announcement by the protestors that they planned a "Day of Action," with marches to Wall Street and taking over the subways, Mayor Bloomberg began planning for a peaceful eviction process.
The afternoon following the eviction, there was a Court battle over the first amendment right of the protestors to occupy a private park with tents and generators. The Court decided that the protestors did indeed have a first amendment right to gather in the park, however, that right did not extend to erecting a tent city in the park.
Many New Yorkers cheered this outcome, while they agree that the protestors have a right to voice their discontent with the government and Wall Street, if they were allowed to erect tents, then where would this road lead, especially in New York, would homeless people all over New York have the right to erect tents in private parks? Another point of contention with many New Yorkers, was the rights of the people who live close to the park, who would have use of that park to stroll with their child if not for the protestors, what about the rights of New Yorkers? What about the local businesses and delis, who had their bathrooms overrun by the protestors? What about the homeless people who were displaced from that park by the protesters?
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