Occupy protests: Month 3
As the protest movement entered its third month - beginning with a nationwide Day of Action on Nov. 17 - anti-Wall Street demonstrators were facing increased opposition from city governments and law enforcement, who were deploying more sweeping tactics to take down tent encampments and curb rallies - just days after the U.S. Conference of Mayors held a conference call for mayors about the Occupy rallies in their respective cities.
Police in Oakland, Seattle, Denver, and other cities arrested protesters and dismantled tent camps, and in New York City - the birthplace of the movement - Mayor Bloomberg ordered Zuccotti Park cleared of tents.
On the Day of Action, 400 people were arrested nationwide, 300 of them in New York City.
Portland, Ore.
Seattle, Wash.
Seattle, Wash.
CBS Affiliate KOIN reports Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn issued apologies for the police use of pepper spray to disperse Occupy Seattle protesters. He also telephoned and offered a personal apology to Rainey. McGinn said he's called for a complete review of police officers' actions.
Albany, N.Y.
Davis, Calif.
Video of the passive students being sprayed repeatedly at point-blank range went viral, as did the outrage. UCD Chancellor Linda Katehi said the video images were "chilling to us all," and formed a task force to investigate, while rejecting calls for her resignation.
Two police officers and the police chief were placed on administrative leave.
Davis., Calif.
Davis, Calif.
Pike could be seen applying pepper spray at other instances of civil disobedience - or any place where pepper spray might be deemed a downer - at Pepper-spraying cop microsite on tumblr.com, jockohomo.tumblr.com, So I Pepper-Sprayed Them, dangerousminds.net, and the Facebook page Occupy Lulz.
There was more threatening Internet graffiti: The hacker collective Anonymous (which had identified the NYPD policeman who pepper-sprayed penned-in women) published Lt. Pike's personal contact information. Calling him "a coward, and a bully," Anonymous advocated that Pike be targeted with condemnatory phone calls and emails, as well as prank pizza deliveries.
New York, N.Y.
Washington, D.C.
Demonstrators marched to Key Bridge, a major commuter connection between the nation's capital and Virginia, just in time for the early wave of workers heading home.
Seattle, Wash.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Atlanta, Ga.
A police spokesman says eight protesters were arrested after they blocked traffic on Courtland Street near the Georgia State University campus. The remaining protesters continued to the capitol where they joined others.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Burlington, Vt.
Salem, Ore.
Miami, Fla.
Several hundred people gathered in downtown Miami in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street protests taking place around the nation.
Newark, N.J.
New York, N.Y.
After being evicted from overnight camping at Zuccotti Park, protesters planning to demonstrate for 24 hours on the street of Bloomberg's townhouse. But they were only allowed to demonstrate at the end of the block.
Columbia, S.C.
Demonstrators declared a victory Monday after their post-curfew rally resulted in no arrests. The director of South Carolina's public safety agency said last week's order to leave Statehouse grounds at 6 p.m. a misunderstanding.
New York, N.Y.
On November 22, House Judiciary Committee member Ted Deutch, D-Fla., proposed a new constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that awarded free speech rights - and the ability to make unlimited expenditures to politicians and political groups - to corporations.
The Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment would also ban laws supporting "corporate personhood."
New York, N.Y.
Washington, D.C.
Los Angelesm Calif.
Though Occupy camps have been broken up by police in most big cities across the nation, the Occupy L.A. camp has persevered with the blessings of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials who say that they have not had any serious problems by the campers so far. Concern is rising though among the Occupiers since the office of the Mayor announced that they will not be able to camp on city property indefinitely.
Hyattsville, Md.
The march covered about 20 miles a day. Participants spent a few nights at protest encampments in other cities. They also slept on college campuses and in the homes of supporters, churches, a music studio and a community center.
Not everyone who started the trip made it, but others joined along the way, swelling to a more than 40 by the time they arrived in Washington.
Not all made the trip unscathed. One had to quit because of shin splints, others because of illness. A marcher was hit by a car Monday night but still made it to Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Carrying a U.S. flag and an orange "people before profit" poster, they planned to go directly to both occupations that have taken root in the U.S. capital since early October, before going on to the Capitol building later in the day.
Manchester, N.H.
Oakland, Calif.
Eugene, Ore.
San Francisco, Calif.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last week gave the protesters outside City Hall until 12:01 a.m. Monday to dismantle their protest campsite and leave.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Texarkana, Texas
Lalonde said she is a business major at Texas A&M University-Texarkana and lives on financial aid. Lalonde added that her motivation for counter-protesting the local Occupy rally was that she loves the United States and does not disagree with the way federal funds are spent locally.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Huntington, W.Va.
San Francisco, Calif.
Gadsden, Ala.
Gadsden, Ala.
Gadsden, Ala.
Washington, D.C.
New York, N.Y.
Manila, Philippines
San Francisco, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
Boston, Mass.
Oakland, Calif.
Oakland, Calif.
Oakland, Calif.
