Clearing out the squatters in City Hall Park who were the remnants of the movement based for a month restored a sense that the city was under control, veteran political consultant George Arzt told us July 23.
The crisp efficiency with which the dismantling of the Occupy City Hall encampment was accomplished with just a show of force by the NYPD to send the 50 inhabitants of the space on their way also was a needed victory for Police Commissioner Dermot Shea after he was unable to convince Mayor de Blasio, as well as the City Council, that a new law under which cops can be criminally charged if they compress a suspect's torso during a struggle was bad for law enforcement, Mr. Arzt said.
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