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After an early-morning, military-style police eviction, hundreds of protesters gathered Tuesday at closely guarded metal barricades separating them from the downtown Manhattan plaza they’ve occupied for almost two months.

The raid on Occupy Wall Street took place as similar raids swept Occupy encampments in Oakland, Salt Lake City, Denver, St. Louis, Albany, and Durham, North Carolina. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan told the BBC she’s been coordinating with 18 other mayors about how to restrain the Occupy phenomenon.

Police erected barricades for blocks around the plaza, closed off subway entrances, and prevented media from witnessing the eviction, arresting several journalists along with 70 among the hundreds in Zuccotti Park.

Fernando Braga, a subway track worker and member of Transport Workers Local 100, came straight to the square where occupiers regrouped once he got off work at 7 a.m.

“The mood was to reoccupy some space-now,” he said. The occupiers’ legal team obtained a temporary restraining order against the eviction, which police refused to obey. The occupiers went back to court this morning to extend the restraining order, which a judge denied. He said, however, they could continue to use the park, but without tents or the propane canisters the occupiers have employed for heat and electricity.