Occupy L.A. protesters camped outside City Hall plan to expand their demonstration to other downtown city property, perhaps as early as Wednesday evening.
Demonstration organizer Mario Brito said protesters may set up a satellite encampment at Fletcher Bowron Square, a concrete plaza cater-corner from City Hall that is a popular daytime hangout for homeless people.
Brito said he spoke to an assistant Los Angeles Police Department chief who supported the move, although Cmdr. Andrew Smith refuted that. He said the protesters' proposed expansion does not have the blessings of police.
"We’ve heard stories that they’re going to increase the area that they’re going to occupy," Smith said. "We’ve even heard that they want to camp out here at LAPD, which ain’t going to happen."
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