Protesters in Woodruff Park

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Protesters in Woodruff Park

Protesters in Woodruff Park.

Occupy Atlanta participants were still encamped in Woodruff Park on Wednesday night, Oct. 12, 2011.

Sarah Broaun, of Brooklyn, NY, writes her message in Woodruff Park Wednesday night.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed issued an executive order Wednesday giving Occupy Atlanta protesters until Monday afternoon to vacate Woodruff Park

Marlon Kautz, of Atlanta, gets in some laptop time in Woodruff Park Wednesday night.

Occupy Atlanta protesters gather for their general assembly hours after Mayor Kasim Reed issued an executive order Wednesday giving Occupy Atlanta protesters five days to vacate Woodruff Park.

Misty Novitch, of Atlanta, holds her laptop to videotape the general assembly in Woodruff Park on Wednesday.

Activist Saliah Hannah Ali encourages Platinum Silverman (right) to stay with the group. Platinum has been staying overnight in the tents but is undecided about fully joining the group.

Activists break into small groups after their general assembly in Woodruff Park on Wednesday night.

Amber Hughes holds her post at the Occupy Atlanta medical tent as protesters enter Day 6 of their demonstration.

An activist with Occupy Atlanta sleeps early Wednesday at the group's encampment in Woodruff Park downtown. On Tuesday afternoon, protesters marched to the Midtown offices of the Bank of America.

An activist who calls himself "D" calls out to others in Woodruff Park, trying to organize some housekeeping at the encampment.

Protesters rose early and continued their "occupation" of Woodruff Park early Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, with no sign that police were preparing to take any action.

A security guard closes the main doors to keep Occupy Atlanta protester Scott Brown, Duluth, from entering the building as around 150 gather outside the main doors of the Bank of America headquarters on Peachtree Street to protest corporate greed on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

Atlanta police officers watch from across the street as Occupy Atlanta participants protest corporate greed outside the Bank of America headquarters on Peachtree Street.

One Occupy Atlanta protester slips inside the main doors of the Bank of America headquarters on Peachtree Street and dances in front of a security guard on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

Occupy Atlanta protesters pump their fists at security guards and employees inside the Bank of America building on Peachtree Street.

Occupy Atlanta participants were still encamped Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, 2011. "If we can keep the crowd up we can hold the park, " said Phil Aliff, 25, a student at Kennesaw State University.

A Walden security guard watches Occupy Atlanta protesters from inside the main doors of the Bank of America headquarters on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

About 50 Occupy Atlanta participants protesting corporate greed stand outside the main doors to the Bank of America headquarters on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Security guards escorted past protesters who did not block access into or out of the building.

An Occupy Atlanta protester holds a makeshift sign outside the Bank of America offices on Peachtree Street.

Occupy Atlanta protesters stop at the Peachtree Pine homeless shelter on their way from Woodruff Park to the Bank of America building on Peachtree Street.

Activist, Marlon Kautz gets in some laptop time as Occupy Atlanta participants were still encamped Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, 2011. It's uncertain how long the city will allow the group to stay.

APD officers, K. Boyd (left) and K. Bashir (right) talk with an activist.

Participants in the tents of Occupy Atlanta were calm Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, 2011 where some 150 protesters occupying Woodruff Park were prepared for a showdown with police late Monday night.

Occupy Atlanta participants, slept in Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, 2011. Occupy Atlanta organizers encouraged the protesters to remain through the morning.

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Occupy Atlanta participants were still encamped in Woodruff Park on Wednesday night, Oct. 12, 2011.

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