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Tompkins Square Park activists fight police--again

A group of graybearded squatters, anarchists, and activists who battled police 20 years ago in Tompkins Square Park are once again fighting for the right to gather there.

And once again, they say, the authorities won't let them.

The Parks Department has designated Aug. 2-3, the weekend closest to the 20th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park Riots, as a "no-amplified sound weekend,"...

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