Second Occupy Wall Street News Update of the Day

Second Occupy Wall Street News Update of the Day: A New York Supreme Court Justice has reversed the restraining order requiring the city to allow Occupy Wall Street protesters and their tents to return to Zuccotti Park.

Justice Michael D. Stallman ruled against extending the order issued earlier today by Supreme Court Judge Lucy Billings, who was later revealed to be a former longtime ACLU lawyer.

“The court is mindful of movants’ First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceable assembly,” Judge Stallman wrote in his ruling. “[But] even protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times.”

Protesters will be allowed to return, but their tents will not.

Hundreds were gathered outside Zuccotti Park awaiting the final decision. Watch a livestream from the scene after the jump (caution: video autoplays):

Live Updates: NYT; WaPo; NYDN.

In Related News:

– Oakland mayor Jean Quan hints at a possible crackdown coordination among occupied cities; are Occupy London and Occupy Toronto the next to go?; The Guardian‘s helpful summary of the city-by-city police crackdowns so far.

– Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed in Orwellian fashion the suspicions of a media blackout, saying the decision to bar the press from witnessing the eviction was made “to protect the members of the press“; meanwhile, the list of arrested journalists has grown.

– Read the letter Zuccotti Park landlord Brookfield sent to the mayor that sparked the raid; read Occupy Wall Street’s response to the raid, entitled “You can’t evict an idea whose time has come.”

– Photos suggests the NYPD used potentially lethal long range acoustic devices to help clear out protesters.

– Hipster Cop Rick Lee claims he didn’t know raid took place until after the fact; the 10 most psychotic facial expressions from police officers at Occupy protests; high-res photos from Operation Clean The Park; the most adorable victim of the OWS raid.

– Despite earlier claims, it appears the OWS library is safe and sound.

– The Occupy Wall Street raid: Brought to you by Chase?

[photo: don emmert via in focus.]