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By COLLEEN LONG and VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press

	NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided
the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn
darkness Tuesday, evicted hundreds of protesters and then
demolished the tent city, leaving the future of the demonstration
in limbo.


      Later in the day, a New York judge upheld the city's crackdown.
Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman said in his ruling that the
protesters "have not demonstrated that they have a First Amendment
right to remain in Zuccotti Park, along with their tents,
structures, generators and other installations to the exclusion of
the owner's reasonable rights ... or to the rights to public access
of others who might wish to use the space safely."


      The plaza, near the financial district ground zero, is open to
the public, but is privately owned.


      Lawyers representing the protesters had sought an order that
would let them resume camping in the park. They said after the
decision that they hadn't decided whether to appeal.


      The police action began around 1 a.m. and lasted several hours
as officers with batons and plastic shields pushed the protesters
from their base at Zuccotti Park, arresting hundreds who resisted
or didn't leave the area.


      Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the goal was to rid the plaza of
tents, tables, and other vestiges of a semi-permanent campsite,
saying it had become unsanitary and unsafe.


      Associated Press writers Meghan Barr, Chris Hawley, Samantha
Gross and Karen Matthews contributed to this report.

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