Police and city bylaw enforcement officers moved into the Occupy Toronto encampment early Wednesday morning, ready to enforce a day-old eviction order.
Officers arrived at St. James Park just before 6 a.m. and began blocking off the roads surrounding the downtown park.
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A Occupy Toronto protester reacts to City of Toronto workers who were clearing structures and tents, accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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City of Toronto Police wake people up and check empty tents before City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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An Occupy Toronto protester, right, reacts to Toronto police as City of Toronto workers get ready to clear structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011
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An Occupy Toronto protester, right, reacts to Toronto police as City of Toronto workers get ready to clear structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS
City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents, accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents, accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents, accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents, accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS
An Occupy Toronto protester reacts as Toronto police and City of Toronto workers get ready to clear structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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Toronto Police give a warning on a microphone before City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
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An Occupy Toronto protester offers a flower to a Toronto Police officer as City of Toronto workers cleared structures and tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Colin Perkel
An Occupy Toronto protester plays soccer in the mud as City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
An Occupy Toronto protester plays soccer in the mud as City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
City of Toronto workers clear structures and tents accompanied by Toronto Police at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A man is taken into custody as police evict the Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A woman yells as police evict Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A man is removed from an enclosed structure as police evict Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A protester is removed from an enclosed structure as police evict Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A man is removed from an enclosed structure as police evict Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A woman is removed from an enclosed structure as police evict Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
Police officers stand watch at the Occupy Toronto site at St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
Two protesters rest as police move into the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
City workers remove debris as police evict the Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
People pack up their tents as police evict the Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A man yells towards police and city workers as police evict the Occupy Toronto demonstrators from St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
A protester stands holding a flower as police move into the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Sherwood
Protesters clear tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
A pair of muddy running shoes hangs from a wire as protesters slowly pick up tents at the Occupy Toronto site in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement talks to a negotiator as he stands inside a barricaded pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A police officer uses a bullhorn to talk to protesters affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement inside a barricaded pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement packs up belongings inside a barricaded pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement unpacks a tent inside a barricaded pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement parades with a sign as police cordon off a section of their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement shouts insults at the police while hanging from a tree in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement stands on a barricaded structure in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement watches as police remove part of a barricade used to fortify a pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young.
A protester affiliated with the Occupy Toronto movement shouts support to fellow protesters inside a barricaded pavilion in their camp in St. James Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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