U.S. Park Police continued their sweep of the District’s two Occupy encampments with an afternoon inspection of the tents at Freedom Plaza that saw several shelters removed from the square for violating a camping ban there. The inspection was markedly different from Saturday’s often violent encounter at McPherson Square, where police, carrying riot shields and wielding nightsticks, removed nearly all the tents from the park and clashed with protesters as they attempted to move them out of the square.

At Freedom Plaza on Sunday, several dozen protesters calmly watched police go through tents from behind barriers, occasionally chanting and singing. Two pulled up lawn chairs to watch the inspection. There was one arrest in connection with alleged felony threats to a police officer — but the atmosphere was largely tranquil.