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Occupy D.C. protesters who camp illegally will be arrested, Park Service says

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The director of the National Park Service said Tuesday that U.S. Park Police will “very soon” begin arresting protesters camping illegally in the District’s McPherson Square but that the Occupy D.C. movement has a prevailing First Amendment right to continue its vigil there.

“We are about to enforce the camping regulations, but we are not evicting the Occupiers under any circumstances, unless there is an emergency,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said Tuesday at a subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which oversees the District.

During a series of sometimes sharp exchanges, committee members quizzed Jarvis about the Park Service’s handling of the situation at McPherson Square, where protesters in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement have been camping without a permit since Oct. 1.

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