The Occupy Movement in Albuquerque began October 1st, 2011 in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Today, in spite of a last minute written appeal by NM State Representative Brian F. Egolf faxed to the President of the University of New Mexico, #OccupyBurque's Camp Coyote has been evicted.
The reason? Too many homeless people are being drawn to the protest site at Yale Park, a prominent site on Central Avenue, and since I was a kid, always a quiet refuge for the homeless whom are now, most unknowingly, being used as a pawn in a classic game of class warfare.
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