LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Members of Occupy L.A. sued the city and county of  Los Angeles today, alleging federal civil rights violations stemming from the  massive overnight raid that cleared the encampment at City Hall of  demonstrators.

According to the proposed class-action complaint, filed in Los Angeles  federal court, city and county officials violated the rights of about 300  ``peaceable protesters and bystanders'' in an``unlawful'' action to end the two- month campsite in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2011.

Plaintiffs maintain that city officials, including Mayor Antonio  Villaraigosa, initially welcomed the demonstration, repeatedly meeting with  Occupy representatives to discuss issues arising from the camp at the 1.7-acre  City Hall Park.

However, after 59 days, the city executed a plan utilizing ``an  unprecedented show of force'' and ``shock and awe'' tactics by Los Angeles  police and sheriff's deputies to eject Occupy Los Angeles members from the  lawn, according to the lawsuit.

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