Occupy DC defies Monday noon eviction deadline

Occupy protesters have defied a noon police deadline to remove their camps or face arrest in Washington DC.

They have erected a "tent of dreams" around a statue in McPherson Square as part of their protest against eviction.

The camps at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza have been Occupy's most visible sites since the one in New York was cleared out in November.

The deadline follows mass arrests and clashes with police at anti-Wall Street protests in Oakland, California.

No arrests had been made by late Monday afternoon.