Occupy Albany evicted
Occupy Albany tents were removed from Academy Park on Thursday, which led to a march around Albany with the last tent, and a scuffle between protesters and police that resulted in numerous people getting pepper-sprayed. Posted on December 23, 2011.
Albany Police officers speak to Occupy Albany protesters blocking the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Tim Pool, left, traveled to Occupy Albany from Occupy Wall Street, to live broadcast the eviction from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011. Pool gained nationwide attention by live broadcasting from his cellphone for two days straight during the Occupy Wall Street eviction as tens of thousands of people watched on the internet.
Occupy Albany protesters march past City Hall with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
Occupy Albany protesters march up State Street with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
A person holds a sign out of Upper Cuts Barbershop as Occupy Albany protesters march down Washington Avenue from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Occupy Albany protesters march with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
Occupy Albany protesters march past City Hall with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
Workers watch from an office window on Pearl Street as protesters march by with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
Occupy Albany protesters march to City Hall with the last tent from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011 after being evicted by police.
Zach Caron-Noble, 19, of Poestenkill, sits on a tree and hangs an American flag with his friend Paul Bramah, 22, who said he was homeless, after Albany Police evicted Occupy Albany protesters from Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Albany Police Assistant Chief Brendan Cox, center, stands with other officers in front of a tent being torn down at Occupy Albany in Academy Park on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Nick Thommen, from Oregon, a protester from Occupy Wall Street visiting Occupy Albany, smokes a cigarette in the last tent in Academy Park, moments before Albany Police officers marched in and tore it down, pepper spraying some protesters in the process on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
Albany Police officers forcibly removing the last Occupy Albany tent from Academy Park in Albany, NY, on Thursday, December 22, 2011. During the removable multiple protesters were pepper sprayed, sending at least one to the hospital.
Protesters tend to Anthony Hadden, 19, of Schenectady, who was pepper sprayed as Albany police forcibly removed an Occupy Albany tent from Academy Park on Thursday. Hadden collapsed to the ground with difficulty breathing and was later taken away by ambulance.
Nick Thommen, of Oregon, left, helps wash the eyes of Dave Sickler, of Albany, right, who was pepper sprayed by Albany police officers when police forcibly removed an Occupy Albany tent from Academy Park in Albany, NY, on Thursday, December 22, 2011.
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