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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 911507" data-attributes="member: 12952">OWS Boston is gone.The police started at 5 am and the cleanup crews were power washing the area by 8 am.THIS IS THE END: Most&nbsp; occupiers said police handled the situation well, but Katrina, who&nbsp; wouldn’t give her last name, expressed outrage that police came in “at 5&nbsp; a.m., when most people were asleep,” she told the Herald’s Christine&nbsp; McConville.By 8 a.m, the tents and signs were gone, and a&nbsp; graffiti-busting crews were hosing down a sign-filled wall near where&nbsp; the group had held its general assemblies.It seems the occupiers just&nbsp; ran out of gas. Police waited for the right moment to move in and clear&nbsp; everyone out.Will Lynch, 18, of Framingham, knew the end was coming: “I&nbsp; thought it wouldn’t happen, but they showed up, at 5 on the dot. Lynch&nbsp; says he was in the middle of the camp when the raid began. He left, he&nbsp; said, because he is a Berklee College of Music student and he has to&nbsp; prepare for exams. “It’s not a huge shock to anyone, except for the time&nbsp; of the day.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 911507, member: 12952"] OWS Boston is gone. The police started at 5 am and the cleanup crews were power washing the area by 8 am. [B]THIS IS THE END: [/B]Most occupiers said police handled the situation well, but Katrina, who wouldn’t give her last name, expressed outrage that police came in “at 5 a.m., when most people were asleep,” she told the Herald’s Christine McConville.By 8 a.m, the tents and signs were gone, and a graffiti-busting crews were hosing down a sign-filled wall near where the group had held its general assemblies.It seems the occupiers just ran out of gas. Police waited for the right moment to move in and clear everyone out.Will Lynch, 18, of Framingham, knew the end was coming: “I thought it wouldn’t happen, but they showed up, at 5 on the dot. Lynch says he was in the middle of the camp when the raid began. He left, he said, because he is a Berklee College of Music student and he has to prepare for exams. “It’s not a huge shock to anyone, except for the time of the day.” [/QUOTE]

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