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Timeline: Decision Day for Occupy Toronto
From the judge's decision at 9 a.m. to soccer at 1 a.m., yesterday's rollercoaster ride at Occupy Toronto.
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- Just after 9 a.m., word of the judge's decision: the City of Toronto, he ruled, was within its rights to remove the camp from St. James Park.<br /> <br /> <em>Dean Bradley/Torontoist</em>
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- It was very bittersweet as the news spread—a mix of pride and determination and anger and sadness.<br /> <br /> <em>Dean Bradley/Torontoist</em>
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- Occupy Toronto facilitators told assembled media that the group would spend the day considering reactions to the judge's ruling.<br /> <br /> <em>Dean Bradley/Torontoist</em>
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- In the central gazebo, a circle formed, with a drummer providing some acoustic/moral support.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- A few protesters began packing up their belongings fairly soon; some were leaving the camp entirely, others stashing their camping gear somewhere safe but promising to return to show their support.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- More discussion at the gazebo.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- At 10:20 a.m., Mayor Ford held a press conference at City Hall, calling for an immediate and peaceful end to the Occupation.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- He was joined by city manager Joe Pennachetti, who signed the original eviction letter that was distributed in the camp. Neither Ford nor Pennachetti would answer questions about when, precisely, they were asking protesters to leave, or how they'd respond if they were met with refusals.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Midday at the camp: a few more tents getting packed up.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- First Nations protesters reaffirming their rights to the land.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Some Occupiers—especially the ones most determined to stay—were advised to make sure they had legal aid numbers written on their bodies in permanent marker, in case of arrest.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Some park maintenance was still taking place.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Occasional police cruisers were spotted over the course of the day, as were City maintenance vehicles.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- A goodbye card of sorts.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- "Southern Santa" and his parakeet. We couldn't learn too much—he didn't speak a word of English—but through someone nearby who spoke Spanish we learned he was there standing up for the rights of the Amazon forest and the wildlife there.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Travelling in style.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Peace out, suitcase guy.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Artwork tucked inside one of the tents.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Partway through afternoon the camp had thinned out somewhat, but still retained the majority of its tents.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- And then, at 2:30 p.m., another eviction notice, this one issued on church letterhead. A blow to campers who had been hoping church authorities might relent and offer them refuge in a portion of St. James Park.<br /> <br /> <em>Photo by Devaan Ingraham</em>
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- By 3:30 p.m., some protesters had created a barricade of sorts, out of wooden flats and other campsite materials, around one of the tents.<br /> <br /> <em>Hamutal Dotan/Torontoist</em>
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- Two of the Occupiers chained themselves to the library tent to protect the books inside.<br /> <br /> <em>Hamutal Dotan/Torontoist</em>
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- Nighttime at the park. Tensions had risen earlier when police paid a visit to the park, but settled a bit by 11 p.m. Word came via media sources that 51 Division had said there would be no forced eviction overnight.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Some were skeptical in the face of those assurances, however, and maintained their barricades.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Near midnight, a general assembly, with numbers bolstered by supporters from the Ontario Labour Federation. Several hundred gathered around the gazebo.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- On the north side of the park, just beyond the tents, an impromptu soccer game.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- In an empty fountain on the King Street side of the park, a drum circle gave way to quieter singing and talking.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Some optmistic new signs, looking forward to the future of the Occupation.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- "I will miss the rebel village. Thanks for reinventing the future."<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- Nearing 2 a.m., supplies were still available at the food tent.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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- The food tent itself, however, was largely dismantled, leaving it open as to how future meals would be put together.<br /> <br /> <em>Christopher Drost/Torontoist</em>
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Yesterday was full of fraught moments for Occupy Toronto, beginning at 9 a.m. when Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown released his decision on the camp, finding that the City of Toronto could proceed with removing the camp if it chose. The mayor gave a press conference, as did church officials, and bylaw officers paid another visit to St. James to deliver more eviction notices. Midnight came and went without incident, however, and today the camp, though smaller, is still there.