Occupy Sydney in pictures: what the NSW police destroyed

Occupy Sydney began on the afternoon of Saturday 15 October as part of a global call to occupy cities in protest against corporate greed.

Hundreds of Sydneysiders maintained a peaceful occupation of Martin Place for 8 nights, including a mass celebratory rally on Saturday 22 October to mark one week of protest.

I attended the Occupy Sydney camp every day, until it was forcefully dismantled around 5am on Sunday 23 October with those on site given only minutes warning.

This is a look at what the police chose to aggressively destroy. A week of life at Occupy Sydney:

A full gallery of photographs are available to view and use here.

And some of the dangerous ideas that needed to be stamped out? Here are a few of the issues people were discussing at Occupy Sydney:

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