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6:36pm

Tue October 4, 2011
Protesting Wall Street

Update: Occupy Seattle organizer will 'absolutely' stay in park, defying mayor

Credit Jake Ellison / KPLU

For continuous updates throughout Wedensday see this story.

 

One of the early organizers of the "Occupy Seattle" protest and camp still in place in downtown Seattle says he will "absolutely" stay in Westlake Park.

Yesterday afternoon, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn told “Occupy Seattle” to take down their tents and leave the park during the night when it and other Seattle parks are normally closed to the public.

"I have a moral obligation to stay," said Pete Whipple, one of the organizers who has been staying in the park since Friday. "I don't see how I can leave now."

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