Occupy Wall Street Protests
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A protester demonstrates outside the Iowa Democratic party headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. Thirteen people were arrested during the protest.
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Iraq war veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas leads a demonstration in New York's Grand Central Station.
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A protester is arrested by police in New York after marching through lower Manhattan on New Year's Eve.
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A protestor waits to be arrested by police for blocking an entrance to the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines.
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Activists protest against Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in front of his Iowa campaign headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Supporters of presidential hopeful Ron Paul attempt to block Occupy Wall Street protesters who disrupted a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Protesters shout slogans as they march along a street in Des Moines, Iowa.
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A protester demonstrates in the streets of New York City on the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Police block protesters from the Times Square ticker booth during a demonstration in New York City. Activists marked the three-month anniversary to the Occupy Wall Street movement with speeches and performances.
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A protester is arrested during a demonstration New York City on the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Occupy Wall Street activists enter a park in New York City. Activists marked the three-month anniversary to the Occupy Wall Street movement with speeches and performances.
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Members of the Transportation Union Local 100 and Occupy protesters participate in a demonstration at Zuccotti Park to demand changes to the contract between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and transit workers in New York City.
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Transportation Union Local 100 workers and Occupy protesters demonstrate in New York City.
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Protesters dressed as the Biblical Three Kings march to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., as the organization holds its Christmas party.
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A protester sits near a police in riot gear as demonstrators attempt to block an entrance to the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif.
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A man on a bike rides past trucks unable to move as protesters block an entrance to the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Following a general strike coordinated by Occupy Oakland that closed the port, hundreds are expected to try to shut down all West Coast ports as Occupy movements in Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma have joined the demonstration.
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Protesters block an entrance to the Port of Oakland.
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Protestors stand off with police after blocking the road leading to SSA Marine, a shipping company that is partially owned by investment bank Goldman Sachs at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif.
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A protestor rests against a tree in front of the Hanjin terminal during a march at the Port of Oakland.
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Alameda County Sheriff's deputies in riot gear stand by trucks waiting to enter as protesters block an entrance to the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif.
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An Occupy protestor holds a balloon sculpture during a march at the Port of Oakland.
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Protester Kevin LaCroix dismantles a tent at the Dewey Square Occupy encampment in Boston, Mass., upon orders from Mayor Thomas Menino.
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Protesters block the intersection at 15th and K Streets in Washington, D.C. More than a thousand demonstrators converged on K Street, historically home to America's lobbying firms, effectively shutting the street down to local traffic across three city blocks.
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Demonstrators block the intersection at 15th and K Streets.
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Protesters march into the intersection of 16th and K Streets in Washington.
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Protesters lay across K Street before being arrested in downtown Washington.
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Demonstrators argue with police before being arrested while blocking the intersection of 14th and K streets in downtown Washington during a day of action against those they say are "responsible for crashing the economy and causing millions of 99%-ers to lose their jobs and homes, while failing to pay their fair share of taxes."
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Mounted police move in to push back protesters blocking the intersection of 14th and K streets in downtown Washington.
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A protester sleeps in his tent in San Francisco, Calif. Dozens of protesters returned to Justin Herman Plaza after an early morning raid on the encampment.
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A protester places tape over a window of a foreclosed home during a march through the impoverished community of East New York City to draw attention to foreclosed homes in the community. The group said they would occupy a home and would hand the property over to a homeless family. In what organizers are describing as a "new frontier" for the movement, thousands of other Occupy Wall street protesters around the country participated in similar actions.
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Community activists and more than 200 members of the Occupy Wall Street movement wave to school children as they march in the impoverished community of East New York City.
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Occupy protesters stand on the steps of a foreclosed home that they re-occupied in Oakland, Calif.
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Protesters hang posters on windows in a foreclosed home that they re-occupied on December 6 in Oakland, California. Occupy Wall Street groups across the country are staging a day of action against home foreclosures and are protesting outside banks and attempting to re-occupy homes that have been foreclosed.
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Demonstrators march on Capitol Hill to occupy the offices of their members of Congress during the "Take Back the Capitol" protest in Washington, D.C.
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Protesters and their tents sit in the front yard of Raymond Boone, Editor and Publisher of The Richmond Free Press, after being evicted from their previous location by the police in Richmond, Va. The protestors were invited by Boone, who lives next to Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, after their eviction.
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Protester Lauren Chalas of Plymouth, Mass., sits on top of a folded tent wrapped in plastic as it is removed from the Dewey Square area of Boston. A plan by Occupy Boston protestors to bring the winterized tent into the movement's encampment was met with opposition from the city.
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Several protesters stand next to a tent in Shemanski Park after police told them to take down tents or be evicted in Portland, Ore. The Oregonian reports the demonstrators agreed to take down a tent in order to stay in the park overnight.
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Singer Jackson Browne performs for protesters at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Browne sang to show his solidarity with the Occupy Movement.
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Protesters sit atop a wooden structure as police cordon off the area at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. The police moved in to remove a wooden structure the demonstrators erected illegally.
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Protesters sit atop a wooden structure they built at their encampment at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C.
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Police officers scuffle with a protester at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C.
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A protester is arrested by police at McPherson Square, near the White House in Washington, D.C. Police arrested several protesters as they moved in to remove a wooden structure the demonstrators erected illegally in the park.
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Occupy San Francisco members are bracing for their deadline to pack up their tents in the financial district and move to a new site provided by the city.
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Activists participate in the "March For Jobs and Fairness" in New York City. Demonstrators called for jobs and an end to the nation's growing economic disparity.
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Members of area labor unions and Occupy Wall Street demonstrators participate in the "March For Jobs and Fairness" in New York City.
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A protester reads the Occupy "manifesto" off an iPad in front of the W Hotel in Washington where a Democratic party fundraiser was reportedly taking place. The demonstrators marched to two sites where fundraisers were being held to call for an end to corporate money in politics.
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Protesters sit in front of policemen guarding an entrance of the W Hotel. The demonstrators marched to two sites where fundraisers were being held to call for an end to corporate money in politics.
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A protester is arrested and carried out of the camp by police at the Los Angeles City Hall. Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments in both cities demanding protesters leave demonstration sites.
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Police arrest a group of protesters and rescue their dog from a tree house at the Los Angeles City Hall. In a massive show of force, 1,400 police officers stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp, driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 who refused to leave.
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Police surround the Occupy encampment at Dilworth Plaza in Philadelphia.
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Protesters link arms as they await eviction by police on the front lawn of Los Angeles City Hall.
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Protesters seated in a circle in the middle of their encampment are arrested by police.
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Los Angeles Police Department officers wait on a bus to transport them to the Occupy LA encampment to evict protesters.
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Tents remain in place outside the Los Angeles City Hall despite a deadline from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to vacate.
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A pedestrian and tents are reflected in a puddle at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment.
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Occupy Los Angeles protesters take to the streets around City Hall after defying a deadline to leave the park where their encampment is located. Police vowed to evict protesters "as gently as possible."
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Protesters rest after a long night at the camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that the protestors' campsite would be dismantled.
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Mark Lipman sits in a tree at the Occupy protest camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall.
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An Occupy protester yells during a rally outside the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Occupy Philadelphia protesters yell prior to a 5 p.m. deadline to clear the encampment.
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Occupy Wall Street Protestors host Thanksgiving dinner in Zuccotti park.
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Brian Seligman steps out of his tent at the Occupy Los Angeles camp in Calif. According to protestors, incentives have been offered to encourage campers to evacuate the area around the City Hall lawn.
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Occupy protesters who marched from New York to Washington chant as they walk along K Street in downtown Washington.
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A protestor wears a gas mask during a demonstration at the UC Davis campus against the police who pepper sprayed students on Nov. 18.
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An Occupy Oakland protester tears down a fence to establish a new encampment in Oakland, Calif. Police raided the group's previous camp a few days earlier.
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An Occupy DC protester sits in front of his tent at McPherson Square in Washington. Unlike movements in New York and elsewhere, Occupy DC has largely avoided serious confrontations with the police.
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Police hold back Occupy San Francisco protesters after raiding their encampment. Officers arrested six protesters and removed 12 tents.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on the two-month anniversary since the start the Occupy movement.
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An Occupy protestor is grabbed by police as he tries to escape a scuffle in Zuccotti Park.
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A man who identified himself as Brendan Watts is seen with blood on his face while surrounded by three police officers in Zuccotti Park. A fight broke out between protestors affiliated with Occupy Wall Street and police, in which Watts was injured.
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Protesters block streets and chant near the New York Stock Exchange.
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"Ronin" takes his turn during a game of bocci ball in the Occupy San Francisco campsite. Protesters scrambled to clean up their camp after Mayor Ed Lee warned that police would move in if sanitation problems continued and the camp spread into other areas.
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The New York Stock Exchange is seen in the background as Occupy Wall Street protesters lock arms to block Broad Street on Nov. 17, 2011.
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Police officers assemble at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17, 2011. Demonstrators marched through New York's financial district for a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities.
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Protestors march through lower Manhattan in search for an entrance to a police-barricaded Wall Street on Nov. 17, 2011.
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Police officers arrest a protester on Nov. 17, 2011, in New York.
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Protesters celebrate after re-entering Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011 in New York City. Police had removed the protesters from the park early in the morning.
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A protester yells out at police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park early on Nov. 15, 2011.
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Protesters regroup in Duarte Park Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 after they were forced to leave Zucotti Park. The National Lawyers Guild obtained a court order allowing the protesters to return with their tents to the park.
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A demonstrator yells at police officer outside Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011.
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A protester sits in the street in defiance of police orders near the Occupy Portland encampment Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Ore.
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Pat Meany from New Jersey holds up signs as a participant in Occupy Wall Street November 10, 2011 in Zuccotti Park.
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Michael Glazer from Chicago waves a U.S. flag as he leads a group from Occupy Wall Street past the World Financial Center on Nov. 9, 2011. The group of two dozed activists set off from New York Wednesday on a two-week march to Washington, DC.
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Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement leave Zuccotti Park and begin a highway hike to Washington, D.C. on Nov. 9, 2011.
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A protestor is carried away past riot police after being arrested as they clear a downtown street during an Occupy Atlanta demonstration late on Nov. 5, 2011.
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A man displays a mask in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street on Nov. 4, 2011.
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Alicia "Ally" Nauss and her daughter Rhys Corcoran, age 2 and half, play with bubbles after Nauss and Adam Hill were married at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment in front of City Hall on Nov. 6, 2011 in Philadelphia. Nauss and Hill met while working the information tent at Occupy Philadelphia.
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Demonstrators continue their protest at Zuccotti Park on Nov. 4, 2011.
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Protesters gather in Chicago's Grant Park after marching through the Loop, on Nov. 2, 2011. Protesters are gathering in the financial district to march in solidarity with other anti-Wall Street protesters.
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Sheriff's deputies advance on protesters early Thursday morning, Nov. 3, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Following a mainly peaceful day-long protest by thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators, several hundred rallied through the night with some painting graffiti, breaking windows and setting fire to garbage cans.
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Protesters help an injured Occupy Oakland demonstrator after a police-fired projectile struck his leg on Nov. 3, 2011.
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Mike Clift runs from tear gas on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, in Oakland, Calif.
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Members of Occupy Wall Street display placards on Zuccotti Park on October 25, 2011.
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Occupy Wall Street participants give peace signs as mounted police are called to stop them trying to break trough police barricades at Times Square on October 15, 2011.
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Members of Occupy Wall Street are arrested as they struggle with police during a celebration march after learning that they can stay on at Zuccotti Park on October 14, 2011.
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Protesters take part in New York's annual Halloween parade on October 31, 2011.