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After Occupy Fredericton’s downtown camp was removed early Tuesday morning, an Occupier claimed the group might consider filing an appeal in the court.
Arthur Taylor said the removal of their camp directly suppresses their right to protest.
On the other hand, Mayor Brad Woodside said a city work crew swiftly cleared the camps avoiding any miserable incidents.
Mayor of Fredericton, Brad Woodside reported on Twitter: Occupy Fredericton was “dismantled without incident this morning.”
Earlier during an interview, Mayor Woodside said: “I did not want a large police presence, and that police officer did absolutely nothing because he wasn’t required to do anything. The only reason he was there was to protect our city staff in the event that they might come under some abuse.”
Mayor Woodside had set a deadline of January 1st. He addressed the protesters on Dec. 31 and explained to them his stand that it was time for the encampment to end.
“I hold the right to protest as a sacred right. I support it. I have invited them to be at city hall from dusk to dawn every day with their protest signs, like anybody else,” Woodside said.
“The only problem I have — I’ve always had with this issue, like most of the public has — is the [occupation], with the lack of sanitation, where they were going to the bathroom.”
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