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BY ALEX OLGIN

ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO

The Occupy movement isn’t dead yet -- in fact there has been a resurgence in controversy between protesters and police. First to DC, where CNN reports law makers wanted camping protesters cleared out by noon on Monday.

GREG BLACK“A congressional hearing last week questioned whether it was legal for protesters to sleep overnight on city grounds.
REP. JOHN ISSA: “Stay awake, stay vertical. Don’t be camping here.”

The noon deadline came and went, with protesters’ tents unmoved. In a press release, Delaware congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton urged protesters to reconsider, so they don’t damage their credibility.

“If some resist the enforcement of the camping ban, they could reinforce critics who see them as young people on an adventure and could destroy the unity of their message against income inequality, which has captured the country and changed the conversation in Washington.”


So far no arrests have been made for camping in D.C. Arrests have been made in Oakland, California, though. Over the weekend, police arrested more than 400 people after they took to the streets in search of a new camp site.

Protesters burned American flags and threw rocks at police officers as they attempted to take over a public building. An Oakland Police official tells Fox News the city needs to take a stand.

BARRY DOLEMAN: “I hope city leaders stand up, provide a plan and a mandate and step up to protect the citizens of Oakland so this stops.”

But a Huffington Post writer argues this recent surge in violence may mark the beginning of the end of the movement.

“I guess it's hard to conclude anything other than the fact that the movement -- in an act that makes no sense -- must have decided to torch itself.”