The Occupy encampment in San Lorenzo Park had obviously thinned out by 5pm on Wednesday, the stated deadline for the eviction notice that police issued on Monday. A couple dozen onlookers stood around the periphery of the camp, some linking arms in solidarity, some shaking their heads in dismay. A few policemen strolled around them—a stark contrast to the scene around 7am this morning, when about 90 police officers in riot gear cleared out the approximately 20 tents and people who had stayed the night.
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Occupiers Determined to Continue
On Monday morning, 24 hours after Santa Cruz County sheriffs dismantled Occupy Santa Cruz’s courthouse protest and 36 hours after Santa Cruz police evicted Occupy squatters from a vacant bank building downtown, a few diehard protesters turned out once again to their old spot on the courthouse steps.
Reassessing the Bailout in Santa Cruz
Occupy Wall Street, like the right-wing Tea Party movement, focused a large share of its anger and energy railing against the bailout. There are pieces missing in the bailout narratives from both the left and right, though. Money loaned to big banks has been paid back, while many of the smaller banks and credit unions—the ones who give loans to the little guy—are still being kept afloat by bailout funds.
