Photo gallery: Occupy Wall Street protests
The Occupy Wall Street demonstration started out small, with less than a dozen college students, but has grown to include thousands of people in communities across the country.
Wall Street Protest
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street march through New York's financial district dressed as corporate zombies Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wall Street Protest
In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, protesters sit with arms linked on New York's Brooklyn Bridge before police began making arrests during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)
Wall Street Protest
Rachel Schneider of Brooklyn, N.Y., has her face painted to resemble a zombie before a march at the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in the financial district's Zucotti park, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in New York. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wall Street Protest
In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, police arrest a protester on New York's Brooklyn Bridge during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)
Wall Street Protest Boston
Emily McArthur of Jamaica Plain, Mass., chants through a bullhorn in front of the Statehouse, in Boston, as part of an Occupy Boston demonstration on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Wall Street Protest
A large group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement march across the Brooklyn Bridge, effectively shutting parts of it down, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 in New York. Police arrested dozens while trying to clear the road and reopen for traffic.(AP Photo/Will Stevens)
Wall Street Protest Boston
A woman who identified herself only as Jenna, and said she worked at an architecture firm in Boston's financial district, stops on her way to work to join demonstrators with Occupy Boston on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Wall Street Protest
In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, police turn to face the front line of protesters who walked behind them about one third of the way onto New York's Brooklyn Bridge before police began making arrests during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)
Wall Street Protest
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street march through the financial district dressed as corporate zombies Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in New York. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wall Street Protest Boston
Commuters walk past demonstrators with Occupy Boston outside their tent village in Boston's Financial district, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Benjamin Hider
Benjamin Hider, of Portland, Maine, center, of Portland, Maine,wears a mask and holds up a sign during a protest in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. A group calling itself "Occupy Maine" that joined in solidarity with Wall Street protesters in New York is wrapping up its 3-day demonstration against corporate greed and other issues.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Wall Street Protest Boston
Cheryl Crawford, of Boston, right, watches as marchers with Occupy Boston pass through Downtown Crossing during a demonstration on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Wall Street Protest
In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, police make their way a crowd of protesters who were the front line on New York's Brooklyn Bridge when police began making arrests during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)
Wall Street Protest
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street march through New York's financial district dressed as corporate zombies Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wall Street Protest
A pedestrian takes copies of the Occupy Wall Street protest's self-published newspaper "The Occupied Wall Street Journal," in the financial district's Zuccotti park, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, in New York. The newspaper is paid for by funds gathered online via crowd-sourcing websites. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Wall Street Protest
People work under tarps and umbrellas in the media area of the Occupy Wall Street protest in the financial district's Zuccotti park in New York, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Wall Street Protest
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street march through New York's financial district dressed as corporate zombies Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protestors have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Jason Potteiger
Jason Potteiger, center, leads demonstrators in a chant in front of the Statehouse, in Boston, as part of an Occupy Boston demonstration on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Protest Against Wall Street in California
Tony Rodriguez, 25, smokes a cigarette in his tent as he camps out on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn in Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 2, 2011. Rodriguez is part of the group Occupy Los Angeles, which is inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York. (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Wall Street Protest
Volunteers prepare donated food for participants of the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan's financial district's Zuccotti park, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, in New York. The Occupy Wall Street demonstration started out small, with less than a dozen college students, but has grown to include thousands of people in communities across the country. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
David Bruenjes
David Bruenjes, of Portland, Maine, juggles during a protest in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. A group calling itself "Occupy Maine" that joined in solidarity with Wall Street protesters in New York is wrapping up its 3-day demonstration against corporate greed and other issues. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Wall Street Protest Boston
A marcher speaks with a police officer as they cross a street alongside morning commuters as the marchers set out from the Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square in front of the Federal Reserve building, in Boston, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. The group is part of a nationwide grassroots movement in support of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)