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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –

Cleveland police supervised as city workers removed the “Occupy Cleveland” tent early Thursday morning.

“When the cameras were gone, Cleveland police came around 3, 3:30 in the morning with a bunch of city workers, had ordered the tent to be torn down,” said protestor Peter Schanz. “There were about eight police officers here supervising city workers tearing it down.”

Occupy protesters did not budge, and stayed through the night.

“The tent was a symbol, but the movement is not leaving. Absolutely not,” Schanz added.

This, after city hall decided not to renew a permit for protestors to place a canopy on a sidewalk across the street from Public Square.

The protestors can still be there with signs, but they may not have tents, camping equipment and other belongings. The number of protestors had dwindled in recent weeks.

The suspects in the bridge bomb plot had ties to the Occupy Cleveland protest movement, but they were not organizers.

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/18060541/just-in-city-hall-will-not-renew-permit-for-occupy-cleveland-protestors

Article Courtesy of WOIO 19 Action News