SF plaza clear after night of tension

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Source: SF Chronicle

At least one protester tried to set up a tent on San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza this morning, hours after police and Occupy demonstrators said no tents would be allowed and sparred into the night.

Police quickly moved in and removed the tent before requiring the dozen campers who had spent the night sleeping under the stars on the plaza to get up and stop sleeping in the park.

Protesters set up four tents Wednesday night after police cleared out the 142-tent camp before dawn that day. Demonstrators pledged to retake the camp but ended up voluntarily taking down the tents just before midnight while officers looked on, police said.


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