Occupiers begin ‘sleep strike’ to protest camping ban

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Move over, hunger strikers: Sleep striking is the latest protest trend at Occupy DC.

To protest the National Park Service’s enforcement of a camping ban in the park (even though no arrests have been made more than 24 hours after the Park Service’s enforcement deadline passed), two Occupiers are forgoing sleep until the Park Service allows protesters to sleep in the park, they said Tuesday.

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