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Park police enforce ban on camping equipment at 'Occupy DC'

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    Hazmat teams clear out handful of tents

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US park police on patrol in freedom plaza at making sure protesters follow the rules.

The rules are no camping.

But we -- allowed to have ten.

-- all the doors open we can be inside them we just can't can't or actually.

The crackdown here came early Sunday morning offices sending out -- one hour warning they would be inspecting -- Protesters scramble to fleeing the area and gather -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Police searched the area looking for embedding cooking equipment eventually clearing most of the tents -- that that this is gonna be in compliance since this up with open and there's nothing -- it.

-- you have quite a few belongings here but.

Like I said I'm I'm going to be sort of just.

Put it on my back if I need -- on them that I can't get off the ground.

Officers brought in Hazmat teams to take gala handful of tents where they found sanitation concerns.

But it was all a far cry from the show force that McPherson square in the predawn hours Saturday.

Has offices on horseback planning riot gear swept through -- park.

Sunday morning crews are back -- dismantling its Hanssen pleading out to -- We also notice it's a substantial amount of biohazard material in this camp area.

We found in the course of our inspections of these tents.

Lot of urine soaked bedding material bottles of -- -- -- a family of live rats and several dead rats in the some of these tents.

We're now there seems to be a stand down and compliance on the protesters part the question is.

For how long.

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