Police in riot gear close in on anti-Wall street activists early Wednesday in Los Angeles.<br/> They're enforcing the mayor's order to evict protesters who have been camped outside City Hall for the past eight weeks.<br/> Police declared the crowd an "unlawful assembly" around 12:30 am local time, and ordered people to disperse within five minutes.<br/> Several protesters who refused to leave were arrested.<br/> But except for some initial scuffles, the crowd remained peaceful.<br/> The Los Angeles encampment was among the largest on the West Coast.<br/> They're aligned with the months-old Occupy Wall Street movement, which was launched in protest at economic inequalities, and perceived injustices in the U.S. financial system.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
