An Occupy Los Angeles supporter sits in a tree house at the demonstration's encampment in front of Los Angeles City Hall, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that the protestors's campsite will be dismantled, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
An Occupy Los Angeles supporter sits in a tree house at the demonstration's encampment in front of Los Angeles City Hall, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that the protestors's campsite will be dismantled, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Police have moved in on the Occupy Los Angeles encampment at City Hall and began arresting protesters who defied an eviction notice.
Officers began a raid on the camp early Wednesday, two days after a deadline passed for protesters to clear out. Police took also took similar action in Philadelphia, telling members of the movement they would have to leave and arresting six protesters who had crossed into a street at the site outside City Hall.
About half of some 500 tents in Los Angeles remained after the Monday morning deadline and the remaining protesters showed no sign of leaving.
The Los Angeles encampment is one of the largest still remaining in the country. Police have removed protesters in other cities. Some of those instances involved pepper spray and tear gas.
The movement against economic disparity and perceived corporate greed began with Occupy Wall Street in Manhattan two months ago.
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