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Charges of excessive force were raised, as seen in a YouTube video in which one police officer

pushing the camera of a photojournalist from KSTP to the ground. Sunday, April 15, 2012. The

protesters are no longer allowed to sleep in McPherson Square, although they still maintain

symbolic empty tents.

Credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

An Occupy DC protester cries in pain as U.S. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

A sign reading "Occupy everything" is seen at the Occupy DC protesters' camp at McPherson Square

Park in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 2012.

Credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images

Charles Hancock, upper right, and an unidentified woman talk to Raleigh police officers before being

arrested for trespassing at the foreclosed home of Nikki Shelton at 2633 Pebble Meadow Lane in

Raleigh, N.C., Monday, April 9, 2012. A coalition of area Occupy organizations were at the house,

with these two inside, to protest Shelton's situation and to try to prevent what they consider an

illegal foreclosure.

Protesters march outside the Century Paza hotel where Republican presidential candidate and

former Massachusetts Gov. The march, led from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton

County to Fountain Square, was billed as Occupy the Hood Cincinnati, in reference to the hoodie

Martin was wearing when he was killed.

Credit: Gary Landers,AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer

An Occupy Wall Street protester is consoled while crying in Union Square at the end of a march

from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on March 24, 2012 in New York City. Cameraman Chad Nelson

sustained whiplash, and the camera slight damage, the station said. Police officers arrested dozens

of protesters while breaking up an Occupy Wall Street rally marking the movement's six month

anniversary on Saturday evening.

Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Protester Lauren Digioia wears police tape during an Occupy Wall Street protest in Union Square on

March 19, 2012 in New York City. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has denied a new permit and told

protesters they must clean up and move out of the downtown park by April 13.

Credit: AP Photo/Dylan Lovan

On April 11, 2012, a task force led by a retired California Supreme Court Justice issued a report that

blamed the November 18, 2011 pepper-spraying of Occupy UC Davis protesters on the University of

California-Davis campus on poor planning, communication and decision-making at all levels of the

university administration. "We need to find a place where we can express ourselves and not have tofear police violence," protester Osha Karow told WCCO.



Curiosity drew Nord, a member of Occupy Duluth, to Sunday's rally. Mitt Romney attended a

fundraiser, March 27, 2012 in Los Angeles. Protestors from the "Coalition of the 99 Percent''

included activists from labor unions, Occupy LA, and immigration rights supporters. Protesters

affiliated with the movement gathered in Union Square Monday, following 73 arrests at a six-month

anniversary rally at Zuccotti Park over the weekend.

Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A demonstrator with Occupy Wall Street confronts a police officer during a protest at Zuccotti Park

in New York on March 23, 2012 .

Credit: TIMOTHY A. The Occupy Wall Street movement has seen a resurgence in recent weeks in

part due to new protests over the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Members of Occupy DC sleep on a city sidewalk as pedestrians pass by March 26, 2012 in

Washington, D.C. John Pike, the officer whose pepper-spraying of seated students was video

recorded and spread around the world.

Peter King, a spokesman for the UC president, said that Chancellor Katehi is expected to present a

plan soon "to deal with this mess and make this right."

Credit: File, Wayne Tilcock,AP Photo/The Enterprise

Demonstrators associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement march up Broadway near Wall

Street on April 6, 2012 in New York City. At least six were arrested by Raleigh Police officers.

Credit: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco

People walk by tents that are pitched at the Occupy Louisville camp in Louisville, Ky., Friday, April

6, 2012. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers detain a couple of Occupy Wall Street activists during a march to call for NYPD Police

Commissioner Ray Kelly's immediate resignation, Saturday, March 24, 2012, in New York.

Credit: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Occupy Wall Street protesters march from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on March 24, 2012 in New

York City. The overnight camp is one of the last remaining in the country.

Occupy groups around the country have participated in "Spring Training" demonstrations in advance

of planned May 1 rallies and a general strike.

Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

New York City Council Members Jumaane Williams (left) and Ydanis Rodriguez speak at a news

conference and rally to denounce what they say is New York Police Department's excessive use of force against Occupy Wall Street protesters at Zuccotti Park, March 19, 2012 in New York City. In

preparation for massive May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to hold

weekly "Spring Training" demonstrations.



Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Members of Occupy Wall Street gather on the steps of Federal Hall after being evicted from the

sidewalk early in the morning where they had been sleeping, April 16, 2012 in New York City. He

said he wanted to talk to Tea Party supporters to hear why they oppose the Buffett Plan, which

would require millionaires to pay a 30-percent federal tax rate.

Credit: AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Steve Kuchera

About 150 people gathered at John Dam Plaza in Richland, Wash., on Sunday, April 15, 2012, for a

rally organized by Occupy Portland to raise awareness of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. A

coalition of area Occupy organizations were at the house, with a few people inside, to protest

Shelton's situation and to try to prevent what they consider an illegal foreclosure. The protesters are

no longer allowed to sleep in McPherson Square, although they still maintain symbolic empty tents.

Credit: PAUL J. Tony Brooks, a retired professor of environmental science at Washington State

University, discussed nuclear safety concerns with blogger Norm Osterman and Carol Forsloff, a

journalist who used to live in the Tri-Cities when her husband was a nuclear physicist at Hanford.

Credit: AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald, Kai-Huei Yau

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In preparation for massive May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to hold

weekly "Spring Training" demonstrations.

Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mike Leino, of Meadowlands (left) and Tyler Nord, of Duluth, right, engage in a civil debate before a

Tea Party rally hosted by the Northern Liberty Alliance, in Duluth, Minn.

While Police Chief Tim Dolan said he believes none of the protesters was abused, he did call an

officer's actions slapping a camera out of the hands of a photojournalist "indefensible." But to

counteract charges of police brutality, the MPD released their own video of the Occupation on

YouTube, showing marchers ignoring police orders to clear streets. At least six were arrested.

Credit: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco



Rachel Powell, a member of Occupy Raleigh, is arrested for trespassing at the foreclosed home of

Nikki Shelton at 2633 Pebble Meadow Lane in Raleigh, N.C., Monday afternoon, April 9, 2012. "We

just wanted to make sure that [the public] saw the whole picture."

Credit: YouTube/HongPong

Monsanna Torbert, 3, of Westwood, carries a sign reading "Do I Look Suspect?" during a march in

support of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black youth shot and killed on the night of Feb.

Police say they were doing their job to keep the streets free of obstruction, as ordered by the

Mayor's Office. The MPD will not support unjustified usage of force."

The following day, group of Occupiers returned to the site. The demonstrators were taking part in an

Occupy Wall Street spring training session.

Credit: Michael Nagle/Getty Images

Occupy Wall Street protesters relax in a small encampment across the street from the New York

Stock in New York, Thursday, April 12, 2012.

Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig

An Occupy Wall Street protester holds up his Bank of America credit card after he closed his

account during a demonstration on April 13, 2012 in New York City.

Credit: Justin Sullivan

An Occupy Wall Street protester holds a sign during a demonstration on April 13, 2012 in New York



City. by a neighborhood watchman, in downtown Cincinnati Monday, March 26, 2012. The

Minneapolis Police Department released a statement saying: "We are reviewing and have an open

investigation. 26 in Sanford, Fla. Park Police confiscate tents, tarps, furniture and other items to

remove them from the area using a pick-up truck, March 29, 2012, at the Occupy DC campsite in

McPherson Square, in Washington, D.C. The Occupy Wall Street movement has seen a resurgence in

recent weeks in part due to new protests over the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.


A man inside a Citi Bank watches an Occupy Wall Street march go past on March 24, 2012 in New

York City.


CBS Station WCCO reports that on Saturday, April 7, Occupy Minnesota protesters sought to "re-

occupy" Nicollet Mall, but were met by police officers who arrested 12 people.

It particularly criticized Chancellor Linda Katehi, campus Police Chief Annette Spicuzza, and Lt. As

temperatures warm, members of the global protest movement have reasserted their commitment to

finding a permanent presence in the financial district following their eviction from Zuccotti Park last

November in a dramatic police raid.

Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Occupy Wall Street protesters are arrested by New York City police officers during a demonstration

across the street from the New York Stock Exchange on April 13, 2012 in New York City

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