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• Washington goes interesting with police mass at scene of Occupy protest

  thewall.com | 4:29 pm Feb 4, 2012

  • Dozens have been camped since Oct. 1 in McPherson Square, just blocks from the White House. Quite Similar to the New York protesters, who strategically occupied a park near Wall Street to highlight their campaign against economic inequalities, the District of Columbia group selected a space along Washington's K Street, home to some of the nation's most powerful lobbying firms and The relationship with police has been generally peaceful, though a daylong standoff in early December over a makeshift wooden building that protesters had erected in McPherson Square in advance of the winter resulted in more than 30 arrests
  • Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray, who forged his political identity as an advocate for the mentally disabled, initially appeared to support the protesters and The encampment caught the attention of Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican who chairs the congressional committee that oversees district affairs. I
  • The park service contends protesters are given some concession and are allowed to maintain a 24-hour vigil in the park. Jarvis cited other examples of long-running vigils on park service property in the nation's capital, including a 1979 sit-in by farmers with tractors on the National Mall and an ongoing, 30-year vigil by one person against nuclear proliferation in Lafayette Square across from the White House

• Tell Komen: Fire Karen Handel

  credoaction.com | 11:39 pm Feb 3, 2012

  Write Susan G. Komen today, and demand that they fire Karen Handel, the right-wing ideologue responsible for pushing the decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. After a firestorm of controversy, Susan G. Komen, America's largest charity devoted…

• Interview as Train Wreck: Susan G. Komen Foundation meets Andrea Mitchell

  pressthink.org | 1:54 am Feb 4, 2012

  Andrea Mitchell of NBC News interviews Nancy Brinker, CEO and founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, about the foundation’s decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screening programs:

• Not pretty in pink: Komen has a trust gap

  washingtonpost.com | 12:44 am Feb 5, 2012

  The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s largest breast cancer charity, has had tremendous success in getting the color pink to be a nationally recognized symbol to raise breast cancer awareness. But a huge trust gap has opened up for Komen after the…

• Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research

  care2.com | 2:47 am Feb 3, 2012

  In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan…

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  nytimes.com | 8:37 am Feb 5, 2012
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  8:43 pm Feb 4, 2012
• To me, Komen is like the troll under the bridge that showed itself when it tried to eat a billy goat. We still know it's under the bridge

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  2:36 pm Feb 5, 2012
• Two views of that trainwreck interview with CEO of Susan G. Komen. Mine: http://t.co/Tyt3bq2q Catholic, pro-life writer http://t.co/BtsuQSN6

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  2:21 pm Feb 5, 2012
• George W. Bush Pal Ari Fleischer Secretly Involved in Komen Strategy on Planned Parenthood | Alter.. http://t.co/Lsy7FVLJ

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  2:19 pm Feb 5, 2012
• @upwithchris #Uppers UPDATE: Komen confirms continued involvement of Ari Fleischer on Planned Parenthood strategy http://t.co/62SmtGde

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  2:13 pm Feb 5, 2012
• RT @DeaconessBlues: #UPPERS: Komen Pres gets half a million salary to run a charity! Her son on the board as well!

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  1:58 pm Feb 5, 2012
• My Komen piece in the guardian this week #Uppers http://t.co/890CZ7pt

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  1:57 pm Feb 5, 2012
• @mharrisperry UPDATE: Komen confirms continued involvement of Ari Fleischer on Planned Parenthood strategy -http://bit.ly/yN663v

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  1:55 pm Feb 5, 2012
• Komen has become a private GOP institution. No longer a public trust! #uppers

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  1:53 pm Feb 5, 2012
• Still to come this morning, our discussion on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's Planned Parenthood funding decision. #uppers #Komen #PP

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  1:48 pm Feb 5, 2012
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  1:09 pm Feb 5, 2012
• Heading to ABC studios to talk about Nevada, the jobs numbers, Komen, and GOP 2012 with George Will, @matthewjdowd, @DLoesch on #thisweek

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  12:55 pm Feb 5, 2012
• Has Susan G. Komen For The Cure fired Karen Handel yet? If not, they really don't mean it...

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  8:13 am Feb 5, 2012
• Komen reminds me of the Drug companies, curing the disease kills the cash cow #treatthedisease #sellthepinkshit #ItstheRepublicanway

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  7:29 am Feb 5, 2012
• @jodotcom @ProducerMatthew Susan G. Komen: raising money for a cancer cure, but cutting your funding if you actually try to find one.

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  7:24 am Feb 5, 2012
• False Apology: At Least Four Komen Recipients -- and Sponsors Like Bank of America -- Are 'Under Inv http://t.co/5Mx5wsA4

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  7:01 am Feb 5, 2012
• Former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget http://t.co/bt2I4jJA

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  6:25 am Feb 5, 2012
• Komen Halted Funding for $12 Million in Stem Cell Research Like We Wouldn't Notice http://t.co/6wCGUncr

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  6:07 am Feb 5, 2012
• Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Care2 Causes http://t.co/4VDb69Iv

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  6:07 am Feb 5, 2012
• Komen caves to pro-death fanatics: http://t.co/FTVU2lPE Sad. Back to boycotting Komen. #tcot

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  5:50 am Feb 5, 2012
• @komenorthecure @SarahPalinUSA is politicizing BC on her FB page abt Komen. U need 2 explain 2 her abt PP grants 4 exams that save lives.

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  5:50 am Feb 5, 2012
• What Breast Cancer is and Is not! Brave response to The Susan G Komen Foundation http://t.co/c8EkNDDQ Not for the squeamish.

  @Ekanaut - Chandana Ekanayake
  

  5:37 am Feb 5, 2012
• 3 nonprofit PR lessons from the Susan G. Komen debacle http://t.co/IAjYp6Yk #PR

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  5:26 am Feb 5, 2012
• Let's be honest. It hasn't been the Susan G. Komen Foundation for years. It's the @NancyGBrinker Foundation. It's about money not cancer.

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  5:22 am Feb 5, 2012
• 3 nonprofit PR lessons from the Susan G. Komen debacle http://t.co/0e7DKiR4

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  5:09 am Feb 5, 2012
• REAL pro-lifers are actually vegan, anti-war, anti-death penalty supporters of Planned Parenthood.

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  4:35 am Feb 5, 2012
• In 2010 Planned Parenthood referred 841 women for adoptions & 329,445 for abortions. Thanks Ross Douthat for the facts http://t.co/tpQON1cP

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  4:16 am Feb 5, 2012
• ICYMI at #ABLC: Komen-tastrophe: Ari Fleischer’s Paws Were in the Planned Parenthood Pie http://t.co/ZRDX6HxS #p2 #TFY #fem2 #Komen

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  4:09 am Feb 5, 2012
• WP says Komen wants me 2help with PR going forward. They're a great group, but the story is news 2me. No 1 from K has asked me 2do that.

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  4:04 am Feb 5, 2012
• Reprehensible! Libtalker Malloy: Komen VP would execute all Jews and Muslims: http://t.co/Rbh7Rpjy

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  3:06 am Feb 5, 2012
• Susan G. Komen Foundation also stops funding embryonic stem cell research: http://t.co/m2STXBlV

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  3:06 am Feb 5, 2012
• Lessons to Learn from Komen and Planned Parenthood http://t.co/RPagz6d5

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  2:32 am Feb 5, 2012
• UPDATE: Komen confirms continued involvement of Ari Fleischer on Planned Parenthood strategy http://t.co/HvxDOygr

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  2:21 am Feb 5, 2012
• “@drdrjojo: Have You Seen the Creepy Planned Parenthood Cartoon They Would Like to Forget? http://t.co/vY8KFOpX @theblaze” @komenforthecure

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  2:07 am Feb 5, 2012
• Romney as Gov allowed Planned Parenthood to be incorporated into MA law by name in Romneycare http://t.co/eo5Hy93t #nvcaucus

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  12:59 am Feb 5, 2012
• As you can see from the Susan G. Komen outrage/reversal, the problem isn't with "big government", it's with big corps & big charities!

  @jackwadeshow - Jack Wade
  

  12:43 am Feb 5, 2012
• Photo: Riot police clash with an Iraq War veteran and other protestors as they evict #OccupyDC http://t.co/DXEaMkBR

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  11:19 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Open thread: Breast cancer survivor shows what cancer is, tells Komen Foundation to kiss her ass http://t.co/3esx9erC

  @dailykos - Daily Kos
  

  11:10 pm Feb 4, 2012
• "Not pretty in pink: Komen's trust gap" is my new WashPost piece on the rolling story on Komen and its rightward tilt. http://t.co/UzutEebq

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  11:08 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police just forced ppl out into street even further. Why are they still escalating? #occupyDC http://t.co/4WpLZV4Y

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  10:47 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Thus is getting nasty. Police forcibly slamming ppl. #occupyDC http://t.co/diXOF55w

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  10:24 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC THIS picture says it all. #ows #occupy http://t.co/sEZe6WL3

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  10:21 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police getting violent again, pushing people out, ppl screaming. The whole world is watching. http://t.co/0CehYuBt #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  10:01 pm Feb 4, 2012
• "Komen took the turd out of the punch bowl, but everyone still knows there was a turd in it" MT @kidakita #ows #tcot #p2

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  9:52 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Susan G. Komen Senior Vice President Karen Handel supports ban on gay marriage & adoption http://t.co/BeyC435b #HRC #LGBT #NOH8

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  9:38 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Better quality: PLEASE RT #occupyDC video of police arrest of photographer & police brutality http://t.co/1MW2UEEM #occupy #ows @kaymee

  @kleinjos - kleinjos
  

  9:23 pm Feb 4, 2012
• So the underwhelming Ari Flescher involved in the disasterous Komen PR strategy? Mission Accomplished, Ari

  @WayneSlater - Wayne Slater
  

  9:21 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Park police just forced everyone out of the NE corner of McPherson Square #occupydc http://t.co/IMV98bVR

  @kleinjos - kleinjos
  

  8:31 pm Feb 4, 2012
• PHOTO: Crowd continues to rally around library. #OccupyDC http://t.co/OilCBQxk

  @lacymacauley - Lacy MacAuley
  

  7:27 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Photo: Darrell Issa, richest member in Congress, smiling. He demanded that the Park Police evict #OccupyDC. http://t.co/8nOtZ2Qv

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  7:25 pm Feb 4, 2012
• At least 2 dozen ppl sitting down in front of the People's Library. They're not taking it easily. #occupyDC http://t.co/auOg52oJ

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:59 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Crowd swelling down at mcpherson. Get down here. #occupyDC http://t.co/1K9VNfCL

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:49 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Tent being dragged off with no bedding inside, just leis. #occupydc http://t.co/CblnTdcM

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  6:44 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Look at our park. Look at how many police they brought to our home, to a peaceful protest. #occupydc http://t.co/JegGIgCk

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  6:39 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Fifth arrest at #OccupyDC eviction | http://t.co/kNMRTDdZ

  @YourAnonNews - Anonymous
  

  6:34 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Thanks to the NPS officer who tipped us off on the eviction yesterday. You're an example for all. Loose lips win this thing. #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:32 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police clear many 'Occupy' tents from Washington, DC park, but say they aren't evicting protesters: http://t.co/KGhtqObG -RJJ

  @AP - The Associated Press
  

  6:32 pm Feb 4, 2012
• They cleared all this without us observing. How are we supposed to know who destroyed tents? #occupydc http://t.co/La37s7wl

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  6:32 pm Feb 4, 2012
• They're defending the shit out of this park. http://t.co/Yolk5IhE #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:14 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police forcing people out of another area. Mass foreclosure ongoing. #occupyDC http://t.co/K8aQl24W

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:10 pm Feb 4, 2012
• That's necessary for a peaceful protest. Good use of taxpayer money. http://t.co/wCQzOdpW #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  6:08 pm Feb 4, 2012
• So far 6 arrests; one person tazed on west side of McPherson Square. Eviction has been going on for 8 hours. #OccupyDC #Eviction

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  6:00 pm Feb 4, 2012
• More police streaming in. Looks like they're making this a war zone. http://t.co/IehHNztv #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:44 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Photo: Right before riot police begin pushing people #OccupyDC #Eviction http://t.co/tefo5Skd

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  5:43 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police swinging clubs, forcing people out forcibly. They're making this ugly fast, inciting violence. #occupyDC http://t.co/iXf3xxUg

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:40 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Cops forcing their way through with riot shields to cordon off larger section. http://t.co/vesQZY69 #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:34 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Park police now moving onto evicting east side of park, blocking off area. #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:22 pm Feb 4, 2012
• And the cops have dispersed after getting their first warning from the people's mic. #winning #occupyDC http://t.co/ejDHmu5m

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:21 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Cops dutifully protecting Citibank atm. http://t.co/wXzpQNCY #occupyDC

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:16 pm Feb 4, 2012
• All we want is justice, the traditional avenues don't work. Why exhaust us and then raid us like this? #occupydc http://t.co/dhPOIMY9

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  5:14 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Tents getting set up across the street. Riot cops moving in. #occupyDC http://t.co/UYp4xxNg

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  5:07 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Cops are defending the ATM. http://t.co/dZ44sL4v #occupydc just wants to comply with the law ha. Sleeping on sidewalk cool, park is not

  @Sara_Jeans - Sara Shaw
  

  5:06 pm Feb 4, 2012
• http://t.co/ARq2rExD more and more tents popping up on sidewalks across street from #occupydc

  @Sara_Jeans - Sara Shaw
  

  5:02 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC Passionate protester's plea to police "You took my personal property, you took our safety" #ODC #Occupy http://t.co/pq2inGbF

  @iFemAnonymous - iFemAnonymous
  

  4:38 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC #ODC Protester makes an impassioned plea to police to join #Occupy and not be the property of corrupt state http://t.co/LKlAuGwH

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  4:33 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #RonPaul media blackout, mum's the word on #NDAA, Obama's shiny new dictatorship: http://t.co/y9Tr3Pny #ows #teaparty #2012

  @d_seaman - David Seaman
  

  4:29 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Photo: Tensions running high after police assault #OccupyDC protestors http://t.co/Zx4PvV8J

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  4:28 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #occupydc http://t.co/G4a6rWRY

  @drgridlock - drgridlock
  

  4:24 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Park Police wear dramatic hazmat gear to evict #OccupyDC. They did same to #DADT activists @WhiteHouse in 1993 invoking #AIDS.

  @ltdanchoi - Dan Choi
  

  3:59 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Scene in McPherson Square #OccupyDC Eviction: http://t.co/Mc5IzGBI

  @YourAnonNews - Anonymous
  

  3:51 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC #ODC personal property being seized in violation of agreement, some of it destroyed @Occupied_Air http://t.co/07ysZetd

  @iFemAnonymous - iFemAnonymous
  

  3:44 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Police on horseback & in riot gear are cutting down #OccupyDC tents in today's forced eviction from McPherson Square | http://t.co/EqOVfuPx

  @YourAnonNews - Anonymous
  

  3:30 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC is being evicted right now Live!! http://t.co/OfGVXVUK The tents of Dreams can stay but everything else must go #OWS

  @OperationLeakS - Anonymous
  

  3:26 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OCCUPYDC BEING EVICTED NOW - Watch Live: http://t.co/s3DZ3j8J #ows @OccupyKSt

  @OccupyWallSt - Occupy Wall Street
  

  3:21 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Homelessness is a pervasive problem. It is a defect of capitalism. You can ignore it. Evict them. Arrest them. But it won't go away.

  @Re_Occupy - Occupy Congress
  

  3:18 pm Feb 4, 2012
• This is an eviction. They may have not come running in with a raid but they are removing everything #occupydc

  @Sara_Jeans - Sara Shaw
  

  3:15 pm Feb 4, 2012
• OccupyDC being evicted now http://t.co/nvSG5nYU

  @Timcast - Tim Pool
  

  3:12 pm Feb 4, 2012
• WATCH LIVE: Video from #OccupyDC eviction, happening now | http://t.co/fsJSjIfv

  @YourAnonNews - Anonymous
  

  3:09 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #occupydcneeds bodies to defend the rest of McPherson Square from eviction #occupydc http://t.co/JRfgrDkf

  @mmorri - Mike Morris
  

  3:08 pm Feb 4, 2012
• This is an eviction and we cant it stop it now. I can't believe we let them con us like this. #occupydc

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  3:01 pm Feb 4, 2012
• emergency call for autonomous solidarity mobilizations. NPS is more/less evicting #occupydc and ignoring the judge decision #ows #p2 #occupy

  @kleinjos - kleinjos
  

  3:00 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Today is day 122 of #OccupyAustin. Despite arrests & police brutality, we continue to #Occupy #Austin. You cannot evict an idea. #OWS #F4

  @OccupyAustin - OccupyAustin
  

  3:00 pm Feb 4, 2012
• This slow eviction is a PR move. Whoever made this call doesn't have to stand out here with rank and file. Wake up, cop lackeys. #OccupyDC

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  2:54 pm Feb 4, 2012
• As @OccupyLSX eviction looms, Church of England doubles its hedge fund stake- famous for "eye watering risk & bonuses" - to over 5 billion.

  @donne_mark - Mark Donne
  

  2:26 pm Feb 4, 2012
• #OccupyDC - Feb 4 - 4 Protesters #Arrested At McPherson Square: http://t.co/YBXc1tLP Video by Nate of @Occupied_Air #OWS #Arrests #indymedia

  @indymediacoop - Indy Media Co-op
  

  1:51 pm Feb 4, 2012
• These no camping bans unfairly target homeless protesters. If you want to evict us, evict us all. Cowardly. #occupydc

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  1:33 pm Feb 4, 2012
• We're basically being evicted. They're saying they're enforcing ban - that means if you live here, with bedding, you have to go. #occupydc

  @OccupyKSt - OccupyKSt
  

  12:44 pm Feb 4, 2012
• Update: Police removing tarp draped over statue of Gen McPherson, making no apparent effort to remove #OccupyDC protesters' tents - NBC News

  @BreakingNews - Breaking News
  

  11:30 am Feb 4, 2012
• They are asking for compliance with hundreds of riot cops http://t.co/5u6Ds4kV barricades up #occupydc

  @Sara_Jeans - Sara Shaw
  

  10:51 am Feb 4, 2012
• Check #occupydc hashtag, police activity in McPherson Square appears imminent.

  @Occupy_DC - Occupy Washington DC
  

  10:28 am Feb 4, 2012