Crackdowns reach epicenter of Wall Street protests

NEW YORK — Crack­downs against the Occupy Wall Street encamp­ments across the coun­try reached the epi­cen­ter of the move­ment Tues­day, when police rousted pro­test­ers from a Man­hat­tan park and a judge ruled that their free speech rights do not extend to pitch­ing a tent and set­ting up camp for months at a time.