Readers of the Phoenix don't need to be told that CHRIS FARAONE has got #Occupy coverage on lock -- you've been reading his dispatches from #OccupyBoston (and Wall Street, Florida too many more to list . . . ) since the beginning of the movement. Still, we wanted to point out that we're not the only ones who think Faraone's shit is awesome.

Above: video of aftermath of two kids getting arrested on Dewey Square -- and of Boston Police Officers taunting the protesters. According to OBers in the video, the arrestees were goofing around on a jungle gym. Chris Faraone is on the scene and tweeting live updates. Follow @Fara1

Chris Faraone, our fabled staff writer, embedded Occupy correspondent, and author of the newly-published 99 Nights with the 99 Percent -- out now, get a copy tonight when he reads at Brookline Booksmith -- was sparring with WRKO's Tom & Todd this morning when they called in reinforcements: for the last ten minutes of an hour-long talk-radio battle over the Occupy movement, Faraone went mano-a-mano with right-wing provocateur and all-around awful human ANDREW BREITBART, last seen outside CPAC screaming at Occupy protestors to "stop raping people

Wired reports that Homeland Security agents recently contacted a member of Occupy Boston to discuss one of the stranger incidents from OB's tenure in Dewey Square.

As first reported by the Phoenix's Chris Faraone, in the bleary early-morning hours of December 10 -- just an hour or so before Boston Police raided the Dewey Square tent city, ending the longest-running #OWS encampment in the country -- an unidentified man either smacked or punched Robin Jacks in the face, grabbed her iPhone, and took off.

Cindy Milstein smiles and talks with her hands to a room of 25 attentive listeners, mostly twenty-somethings and some older, all sitting in folding chairs. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass storefront at Jamaica Plain’s Lucy Parsons Center, a radical bookstore and community space, the anarchist author and activist speaks of her experiences in with Occupy Philly, anarchism, and the intersections of the two.

Chris Faraone (@Fara1) and Ariel Shearer (@arielshearer) were on the scene early Saturday morning as Boston Police -- many with black tape covering badge numbers -- arrested around 40 protesters and cleared Dewey Square. According to reports, two legal observers were among those arrested. Faraone, who has ripped the BPD a new asshole on numerous occasions and has been covering Occupy around the clock since the beginning -- here in Boston and around the country -- was singled out by the police and removed from a designated press viewing area.

We'll be updating our Storify with tweets, photos, video, and whatever else we can find. Tweet links and photos to us @bostonphoenix.

All photos by Liz Pelly.

Our reporters @LizPelly, @Fara1, @Eugenia_Will, and @arielshearer are on the ground in Dewey Square this afternoon, as OCCUPY BOSTON preps for a midnight deadline set by Mayor Tom Menino for the occupants to leave the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Liz Pelly reports that some campers are breaking down their tents -- but also points out that this is being done autonomously.

The ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild, who filed the injunction on behaf of Occupy Boston that prevented the City of Boston from removing the group from Dewey Square -- an injunction that was voided today -- say they are "reviewing the decision with our clients to determine all their options." Here's the full statement:

The news trucks are now descending and rain is pouring on Dewey Square, as Occupy Boston protesters prepare for their emergency general assembly tonight at 7 PM.

Nervous energy is filling the air, following the news released this afternoon that the restraining order protecting the encampment was lifted. (Read the decision here

Just received from Mayor Thomas Menino's office:

“We are pleased with Judge McIntyre’s strong decision to repeal the restraining order that prohibited the City of Boston from removing the Occupy Boston camp at Dewey Square. We applaud the judge for clearly recognizing the City’s authority to protect all of our residents, including those currently at Dewey Square.

"Little in the way of expression is outlawed under the United States Constitution, but an act which incites a lawful forceful response is unlikely to pass as expressive speech."

--Justice Frances A. McIntyre, Occupy Boston et al vs. City of Boston et al

Not expressive speech: March on Birmingham, May 4 1963

Not having been able yet to talk with the attorneys involved, I'm not going to try to dissect the ruling too much. But I do find one thing very interesting: Judge McIntyre posits that a new, unprecedented legal question has been raised. From page 11-12 of the ruling (read the full ruling here):

They claim that their message of economic equality and more perfect democracy can only be effectively communicated through the "literal occupation of Boston in the financial district."

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre ruled against Occupy Boston this afternoon, declining to issue an injunction and lifting the temporary restraining order that has barred the City of Boston from evicting the campers from Dewey Square. You can read the full decision here.

The ruling came earlier than many expected.

The restraining order protecting Occupy Boston's encampment from eviction has been lifted. For breaking news, folow @bostonphoenix on Twitter. We'll be updating all night at thephoenix.com/occupyboston.

The city of Boston currently has no set plans to evict the camp, but Occupy Boston is urging supporters to convene at Dewey Square tonight in preparation for potential eviction.