Halifax protesters want mayor to resign over eviction
Sympatico.ca News
November 12, 2011
CTV News.ca Staff
Protesters with the Occupy movement in Halifax called on the city’s mayor to resign Saturday after demonstrators who had camped out at a public park were evicted in a testy clash with police.
A few hundred protesters rallied outside city hall Saturday, chanting “Peter Kelly has got to go” and demanding that both the mayor and the city’s chief of police explain Friday’s events.
Protesters who had relocated their camp from Grande Parade, a downtown square, to Victoria Park to make way for Remembrance Day ceremonies were served notice early Friday that they would have to leave.
Fourteen people were arrested, and many were charged with obstruction of justice for clashes with police as they tried to dismantle the dozens of tents.
Protest organizer Kyle Buott said protesters were given a few hours to clear out of the park.
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