http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/12/09...

A midnight deadline has passed for Occupy Boston protesters to move from their diminished encampment in the city's financial district, but police have not moved to evict them.

Two protesters were arrested early Friday after police said they blocked a street and refused to move. No other arrests were reported.

Boston police Supt. William Evans told protesters that even though Mayor Thomas Menino set the deadline, he did not specify when the camp would be shut down.



Chanting crowd masses as some occupiers decamp, others vow to stay
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view...

A crowd of as many as 1,000 people gathered at Occupy Boston in Dewey Square last night, some chanting defiantly, blocking the street and erecting a barricade around part of the tent city, while others sang and danced to a brass band, as authorities delayed their promised eviction of the two-month-old encampment.

Some capitulating members of Occupy Boston meekly folded their tents earlier in the evening, declaring their occupation of Dewey Square a success in the wake, while more defiant protesters remain encamped, building a barricade and braced for a standoff with police.

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An Occupy Boston statement declared victory:

“We have occupied Dewey Square because Wall Street has occupied our government, broken our economic system, divided our country, and negatively impacted our lives for far too long,” the statement said. “Occupation is a single tactic, but its significance is much greater than that.”



City Lets Midnight 'Occupy' Deadline Pass
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29958...
The city-imposed midnight deadline for Occupy Boston protesters to leave their encampment in the city's financial district passed early Friday with no action by Boston police to remove them.

As midnight approached, Occupy Boston members began organizing those demonstrators willing to be arrested, telling them to stay in the encampment and link arms. But the police made no arrests and did not remove any tents.