• David McNew / Reuters

    Occupy Los Angeles protesters work on the expansion of a structure they are building between four palm trees, dubbed "City Hall Stronghold", where they plan to stay and face arrest when police arrive to evict people from the Occupy Movement encampment at City Hall Park in Los Angeles, California, late on Nov. 28, 2011. The protesters have been camping on the lawns of City Hall since October 1, outlasting major encampments broken up by police in big cities across the nation.

    Defying calls to leave, Occupy LA protesters build themselves a 'stronghold'

    The Associated Press reports from LOS ANGELES:

    Occupy Wall Street protesters who defied a deadline to remove their weeks-old encampment on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn stood their ground Tuesday as they faced uncertainty over when or if police would push them out of the park — and if an eviction could happen without the kind of violence that has engulfed the removal of protest sites in other cities.

    Protesters in the nation's second largest city have turned to the federal courts to keep officers away after disobeying a city-imposed 12:01 a.m. deadline Monday to take down their camp. They argue that the City Council passed a resolution in support of the movement and that the city's mayor and police did not have the authority to evict them. Continue reading.

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