Police in riot gear have cleared a month-long encampment of protesters and homeless people from a park near New York’s City Hall.
A line of officers with helmets and shields entered City Hall Park shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday and forced the remaining people who were camped there out.
At least seven people were arrested. Charges were pending.
The encampment in City Hall Park started last month forming following weeks of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The “Occupy City Hall” protest was part of a national “defund the police” movement.
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