Judge Says Community College Can Evict Occupy Protesters

A judge in Washington State ruled Friday that Seattle Central Community College may evict Occupy movement protesters who have been camping at the college for more than a month, The Seattle Times reported. The college recently adopted a "no camping" rule that the judge upheld. The Occupy Seattle encampment is not primarily focused on the college, but on general issues of economic inequality. College officials adopted the rule after saying that they were facing clean-up charges and security issues -- in part because of non-students attracted to the encampment. The article reported that the college may not have to enforce its new rule because the protesters appear to be moving to an abandoned warehouse elsewhere.