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Cops break up Occupy Miami

  • Melissa Brouard, 27, right, who had been a member of Occupy Miami since October, taunts the Miami-Dade Police, who moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department James Loftus works with organizers of Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, making them move from their encampment in front of the Government Center building. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Aria Anderson, center, chants with a group of Occupy Miami members, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, after the announcement that they were being tossed off the Government Center land where they were camped since October. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department James Loftus works with organizers of Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, making them move from their encampment in front of the Government Center building. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Members of Occupy Miami formed a circle around six members who volunteered to stay there after being warned by Miami-Dade Police to move, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Aria Anderson, right, a member of Occupy Miami, runs from the Miami-Dade Police, dressed in riot gear. The police were moving in to surround the protesters on the street across from their encampment, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police, dressed in full riot gear, escort six Occupy Miami protesters who stayed inside their encampment.The police did not arrest these protesters. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Members of Occupy Miami gather before the Miami-Dade Police moved in to evict them, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Members of Occupy Miami form a circle around six members who volunteered to stay at their encampment after being warned by Miami-Dade Police to move, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Members of Occupy Miami, left, taunt police, dressed in full riot gear, who were brought in to remove them from their encampment, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  • Metro Dade Police moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Melissa Brouard, 27, a member of Occupy Miami since October, screams at Miami-Dade Police, when they were brought in to move them from their encampment, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • City of Miami Police joined Miami-Dade Police, all dressed in riot gear, to surround members of Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police, dressed in full riot gear moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Rudolph Serrano, 45, a member of Occupy Miami since October, plays his violin while the protesters' encampment is taken down. Miami-Dade Police moved in to evict Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, from their camp in front of the Government Center. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police surrounded a group of six Occupy Miami members, including Rudolph Serrano, 45, center, who refused to leave the encampment at Government Center, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. The six were released later. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miami-Dade Police moved in to move out Occupy Miami, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Melissa Brouard, a member of the Occupy Miami movement, walks past a line of Miami-Dade police officers, dressed in riot gear, who showed up in force on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 to break up the demonstration. Marice Cohn Band / Miami Herald Staff