Sentiment souring toward Occupy DC after break-in

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D.C. leaders’ support of Occupy DC is eroding after protesters broke into a city-owned building over the weekend, but city leaders stopped short of condemning the movement. Mayor Vincent Gray called the Saturday incident “completely unacceptable” in which 13 protesters were arrested and charged with breaking into the shuttered Franklin School downtown. He added that police have done a good job maintaining decorum and “we intend to continue to do that.”

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