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	A coalition group of activist and clergy supporters of the Occupy Wall Street protest, march from Zuccotti Park to Wall Street dressed in Robin Hood costumes in New York on Friday, Oct. 28. The group is calling for a “Robin Hood” tax on financial speculation and the continuation of a millionaire's tax. (AP) More Photos (2)

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Some US cities reject violence against OWS rallies

NEW YORK -- While more U.S. cities are resorting to increasingly violent use of force to break up the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests, others — Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon, among them — are content to let the demonstrations go on for now.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, for example, said Friday that the several hundred protesters sleeping in Zuccotti Park, the unofficial headquarters of the movement that began in mid-September, can stay as long as they obey the law, while removing heating and cooking utensils ahead of a forecast snowstorm.

“I can't talk about other cities,” he said. “Our responsibilities are protect your rights and your safety. And I think we're trying to do that. We're trying to act responsibly and safely.”

Still, the city made life a lot harder for the demonstrators: Fire inspectors seized a dozen cans of gasoline and six generators that powered lights, cooking equipment and laptops, saying they were safety hazards.

In the span of three days this week, police broke up protest encampments in Oakland, California, Atlanta and, early Friday, San Diego and Nashville, Tennessee.

State troopers in Nashville cracked down after authorities imposed a curfew on the protest. Twenty-nine people were arrested and later released after a judge said the demonstrators were not given enough time to comply with the brand-new rule. They received citations for trespassing instead.

Fifty-one people were arrested in San Diego, where authorities descended on a three-week-old encampment at the Civic Center Plaza and Children's Park and removed tents, canopies, tables and other furniture.

Officials there cited numerous complaints about human and animal feces, urination, drug use and littering, as well as damage to city property — problems reported in many other cities as well. Police said the San Diego demonstrators can return without their tents and other belongings after the park is cleaned up.

Earlier this week, in the most serious clashes of the movement so far, more than 100 people were arrested and a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran suffered a skull fracture after Oakland police armed with tear gas and bean bag rounds broke up a 15-day encampment and repulsed an effort by demonstrators to retake the site.

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