Occupy Denver is being evicted at this hour.

10:00 PM MST: Rumor clarification: Apparently gas wasn’t used – it was fire extinguishers used to put out a bonfire. But there were either rubber bullets or pepper bullet rounds fired at protesters later. Also, there were no SWAT teams present, just regular police in riot gear.

10:00 PM MST: Occupy Denver tweets: The march that left CCP after the raid was standing in another park, and suddenly SWAT stormed from the shadows firing away!

9:42 PM MST: Occupy Denver website reports: Protesters have been walking around to different locations. The group was split and more arrests were made. At every turn, the police stalk them with several cruisers and SUVs. It seems the police are vigilant in trying to break off small groups. Considering their warning, they seem very interested in squashing Occupy once and for all.

9:00 PM MST: Occupy Denver tweets: We have been cleared out of all parks we tried to stay at. One group was kettled, shot, sprayed, with half of them arrested.

7:10 PM MST: Some occupiers have been arrested. The rest have been forced off the park. They appear to marching to the police station in solidarity with those arrested.

7:00 PM MST: There are reports that at least three tear gas canisters have been fired into the crowd and rubber bullets have been used.

The small gathering of protesters is completely dwarfed by the huge influx of police – according to Occupy Denver, it’s “More than 200 riot police for 3 tents”. Most of the Occupation had taken advantage of police warnings to pack up and get their stuff out; only a small handful remained. They chant “Peaceful, peaceful, peaceful” while the police chant “Move back, move back, move back!”

Livestream is back up here. There’s another one at GlobalRevolution.

Livestream appears to be down . You can watch recorded video here and hopefully they’ll get it back up. We’ll post a livestream if we find another one.

Yesterday, the following notice was given to Occupy Denver:

It is illegal to place any encumbrance on the public right of way. An encumbrance is defined as “any article, vehical or thing whatsoever” which is on “any street, alley, sidewalk, parkway or other public way or place.” D.R.M.C. 49-246 et. seq. The manager of Public works may order all encumbrances in the public right-of-way to be removed. The failure to remove items so ordered is a criminal offense; the maximum possible penalty for which is up to one year in the county jail and/or up to $999 fine. PLEASE REMOVE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS FROM THIS AREA. If personal items are not removed immediately, you may be subject to an order of removal at which time all items will be subject to removal by the Denver Police Department. Agency- Denver Police Department

Police have also reportedly showed up with vans, trucks and school buses and begun evictions from Salt Lake City‘s Pioneer Park.

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(Photo from Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post)