Occupy Wall Street's May Day Protests
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- 'May Day' Protests Occupy Wall Street protesters march down Broadway on May 1, 2012. (credit: Marla Diamond, WCBS 880)
- 'May Day' Protests Protesters march across New York City on May 1, 2012. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)
- 'May Day' Protests Protesters march across New York City on May 1, 2012. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)
- 'May Day' Protests Protesters march across New York City on May 1, 2012. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)
- 'May Day' Protests Protesters march across New York City on May 1, 2012. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)
- 'May Day' Protests Protesters march across New York City on May 1, 2012. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)
- 'May Day' Protests Members of the NYPD on 14th Street as Occupy Wall Street and others march across New York City on May 1, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond, WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue as part of May Day events on May 1, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA protester affiliated with Occupy Wall Street speaks to a representative from the National Lawyers Guild while being arrested during a march through lower Manhattan on May 1, 2012. (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsProtesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street march through midtown Manhattan on May 1, 2012. (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsNew York Police Department officers arrest an Occupy Wall Street protester as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA New York Police Department officers arrest Occupy Wall Street protesters at a park on Houston Street as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA New York Police Department officer (C) pushes Occupy Wall Street protesters while other officers (R) make an arrest as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA New York Police Department officer swings a club at Occupy Wall Street protesters as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (creditL STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA protester associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is arrested while marching through traffic in lower Manhattan May 1, 2012. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsMembers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) scuffle with protestors as they guard the entrance to a Citibank as Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march along 42nd Street to protest various businesses during May Day on May 1, 2012 . (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street participants stage a march as part of May Day celebrations in on May 01, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street participants stage a march part of May Day celebrations in on May 01, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters cross the Williamsburg Bridge during a march to Manhattan as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters cross the Williamsburg Bridge during a march to Manhattan as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters cross the Williamsburg Bridge during a march to Manhattan as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsDemonstrators march in front of the News Corporation building during a May Day protest on May 1, 2012. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsPolice stand guard at a bank entrance during a May Day march on May 1, 2012. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsA New York City Police Department officer arrests a mask-wearing Occupy Wall Street protester on the Williamsburg Bridge during a march to Manhattan as the movement joins with activists groups for May Day demonstrations May 1, 2012. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street partcipants gather to stage a May Day march at Bryant Park on May 01, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsEvelyn Talarico, originally from Puerto Rico but now living in Brooklyn, joins the hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators dance as hundreds of protesters gather during a May Day labor rally in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street partcipants gather to stage a May Day demonstration march at Bryant Park on May 01, 2012. (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsAn Occupy Wall Street protester is detained by police on May 1, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building on May 1, 2012.(credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsTammy Bick of Hamdon, CT, joins members of Occupy Wall Street who have gathered for a May Day labor rally in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsMembers of the New York Police Department escort away a man who was arrested as members of Occupy Wall Street protest during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsMembers of the New York Police Department stand guard in front of the Bank of America building at One Bryant Park as workers clean the entrance way while members of Occupy Wall Street protest during a May Day rally out front on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America building on May 1, 2012. (credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters at the Bank of America on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue on May 1, 2012 (credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters walk along Eighth Avenue on May 1, 2012 (Credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsOccupy Wall Street protesters in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (Credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsAn Occupy Wall Street sign in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (Credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
- Occupy Wall Street Holds May Day DemonstrationsAn Occupy Wall Street protester in Bryant Park on May 1, 2012 (Credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)
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