Just hours after New York police cleared Zuccotti Park of all protesters, New York Supreme Court First Judicial District Judge Lucy Billings issued a temporary restraining order requiring the NYPD to allow occupiers back into the park.
The order, signed at 6:30 AM, prohibits the NYPD from “evicting protesters from Zuccotti Park, aka Liberty Plaza, exclusive of lawful arrests for criminal offenses” and “enforcing the ‘rules’ published after the occupation began or otherwise preventing protesters from re-entering the park with tents and other property previously utilized.”
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