Occupy protests across the nation: December 2011

A roundup of the latest photos of the various Occupy demonstrations.

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Dec. 17, 2011

New York police officers push a fence back against activists as they try to gain entrance to land owned by Trinity Church at Sixth Avenue and Canal Street next to Duarte Square park in New York. Activists marked the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement with demonstrations and marches in Lower Manhattan.

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Dec. 17, 2011

Retired Episcopal bishop George E. Packard, left, who is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, climbs a ladder to trespass onto the property next to Duarte Square that is owned by Trinity Church. Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters attempt to establish a new encampment on the property. Police arrested dozens of trespassers.

Andrew Burton / Reuters

Dec. 17, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street movement previously approached Trinity Church about setting up an encampment on its property, but the church declined. So some of the protesters tried to trespass onto the property.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Dec. 17, 2011

Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement celebrate taking control of Trinity Church's property. Police soon started making arrests.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Dec. 17, 2011

Police detain protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement after some of them entered Trinity Church's property.

Andrew Burton / Reuters

Dec. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street activists march next to Trinity Church property. The protesters had an encampment in nearby Zuccotti Park until last month. Police cleared the encampment, leading the group to seek a new property to set up on.

Michael Bocchieri / Getty Images

Dec. 17, 2011

New York police arrested at least 50 people associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement after they trespassed onto property owned by Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Dec. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters marched up Seventh Avenue to Times Square after trying to occupy the Trinity Church property. Skirmishes between police officers and the marching protesters broke out after some of them tried to evade roadblocks.

John Minchillo / AP

Dec. 17, 2011

There was a heavy police presence along Seventh Avenue to keep the Occupy Wall Street protest march on course. Those who tried to deviate were arrested.

John Minchillo / AP

Dec. 16, 2011

Occupy protester Adrian Parsons, 29, is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for blocking traffic on Independence Avenue during a rally outside the Longworth House Office Building. Parsons, one of a group of hunger strikers, had gone more than 200 hours without food. After a week without food, protesters were feeling the effects of deprivation but remained committed to their cause.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 7, 2011

Protesters block a portion of K Street NW with banners during in the District. Several Occupy D.C. protesters were arrested for blocking traffic.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 13, 2011

Sanitation workers remove debris from the Occupy Baltimore site after police evicted occupiers from McKeldin Square. Baltimore police moved into McKeldin Square around 3:30 a.m. and closed off surrounding streets.

Patrick Semansky / AP

Dec. 12, 2011

An Occupy Seattle protester has liquid poured on his face after Seattle Police used pepper spray on protesters. Hundreds of Occupy protesters gathered at the Port of Seattle and tried to shut down operations there.

Joshua Trujillo / AP

Dec. 12, 2011

An Occupy demonstrator lights a flare as he stands with a group blocking the entrance to Terminal 18 of the Port of Seattle. Occupy protesters tried to mount a blockade of major West Coast ports on Monday. The protest tried to call attention to economic inequalities, high unemployment and a financial system demonstrators say is unfairly skewed toward the wealthy. The effort was seen as a test of the group's momentum, but fell short of imposing a large-scale disruption of commerce.

Robert Sorbo / Reuters

Dec. 12, 2011

Trucks are stopped after protesters blocked 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. Following a general strike coordinated by Occupy Oakland that closed the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2, hundreds are expected to try and shut down all West Coast ports as Occupy movements in Los Angeles; San Diego; Oakland, Calif.; Portland, Ore.;Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., have joined the demonstration.

Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

Dec. 12, 2011

Police push back protesters during the Occupy movement's attempt to shut down West Coast ports in Long Beach, Calif.

Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Dec. 12, 2011

Protesters hold a sign after they climbed on top of a street sign at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif.

Kimberly White / Getty Images

Dec. 12, 2011

Protesters with the Occupy movement sit in the road as Long Beach police guard the Port of Long Beach in California. Occupy protests spread to West Coast ports, as demonstrators tried to halt shipping operations and cut into profits at Goldman Sachs Group, which owns a stake in the largest cargo-terminal operator.

Jonathan Alcorn / Bloomberg News

Dec. 12, 2011

Police arrest a protester during the Occupy movement’s attempt to close West Coast ports in Long Beach, Calif.

Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Dec. 12, 2011

Protesters face a line of riot police during the Occupy movement's attempt to shut down West Coast ports in Long Beach, Calif.

Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Dec. 12, 2011

Portland police drive pass protesters setting up a picket line at a Port of Portland terminal in Portland, Ore.

Rick Bowmer / AP

Dec. 12, 2011

Protesters with the Occupy movement, some wearing masks, stand in the street outside of the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif.

Jonathan Alcorn / Bloomberg News

Dec. 12, 2011

Protesters block an entrance to the Port of Longview in Longview, Wash.

Don Ryan / AP

Dec. 12, 2011

San Diego Harbor Police arrest a member of Occupy San Diego near the entrance to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego.

Mike Blake / Reuters

Dec. 12, 2011

Occupy protesters clash with Long Beach police officers 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.

Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

Dec. 9, 2011

Occupy Boston protesters celebrate in the middle of Atlantic Avenue in Boston.

Charles Krupa / AP

Dec. 9, 2011

Occupy Boston protesters react to the news that they will not be evicted from their encampment. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino set a midnight deadline for Occupy Boston protesters to leave their downtown encampment in Dudley Square, or face eviction. In response, many of the protesters chose to take down their tents, and by the midnight deadline much of the camp was gone. About 1:15 a.m. Dec. 9, the Boston police announced that they would not evict the protesters from Dudley Square. Protesters took to the street in celebration, and further protest.

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Dec. 9, 2011

An Occupy Boston protester guards the leg a tent that was brought onto Atlantic Avenue after protesters took to the street in response to the announcement that the police would not be evicting their encampment.

Kayana Szymczak / Getty Images

Dec. 9, 2011

An Occupy Boston protester and a Boston police officer talk after the protesters spread on Atlantic Avenue.

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Dec. 7, 2011

Mounted D.C. police clear the street with their horses during a protest on K Street NW in Washington. Dozens of Occupy D.C. protesters were arrested after blocking traffic.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 7, 2011

Police prepare to arrest protesters during a protest on K Street NW.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 7, 2011

A demonnstator is arrested during a protest on K Street NW.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 7, 2011

A demonstrator is arrested during a protest on K Street NW.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 7, 2011

Demonstrators form a human chain while lying on the street during a protest on K Street NW.

Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post

Dec. 6, 2011

New Orleans police search inside tents for people as they clear out the Occupy New Orleans encampment in Duncan Plaza across from City Hall in New Orleans.

Gerald Herbert / AP

Dec. 5, 2011

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne performs for Occupy Washington participants at Freedom Plaza in Washington. Browne is singing to show his solidarity with the Occupy movement.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Dec. 5, 2011

New York City police officers block a sidewalk to prevent protestors with Occupy Wall Street from approaching the entrance to the Union League Club in New York, where Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich was attending a fundraiser inside.

Mark Lennihan / AP

Dec. 5, 2011

Occupy Boston protesters try to bring winterized tents to their camp in Boston.

Yusuke Suzuki / Reuters

Dec. 5, 2011

An Occupy Boston protester demonstrates as Boston police and the city of Boston rejected attempts to bring winterized tents to the camp.

Yusuke Suzuki / Reuters

Dec. 4, 2011

Police tear down an illegal wooden structure in McPherson Square. A standoff occurred after police surrounded the structure. Several protesters were arrested.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

An Occupy protester is arrested.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Police attempt to remove Occupy D.C. protesters.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Protesters cheer on their fellow Occupy D.C. demonstrators.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Police attempt to remove a protester.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

A protester who identified himself only as "David" struggles with Park Police as they attempt to remove him from the illegal structure. He was eventually removed and arrested.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Donald Flowers, left, who lives near the Occupy DC site, watched as an illegal structure in McPherson Square Park was being torn down. Flowers said he supports the movement but that the building of the illegal structure was "probably pushing it too far."

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

An Occupy D.C. protester is escorted away, under arrest.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Occupy D.C. protesters refuse to leave a wooden structure in McPherson Square.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

A police officer on the scene.

Matt McClain / For The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Occupy D.C. supporters looked on as and illegal structure in McPherson Square is dismantled by Park Police.

Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Police and Occupy D.C. protesters square off over a building that was partially erected in McPherson Square in Northwest Washington overnight. Mounted officers helped keep protesters back.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Officers surround the wooden structure with police tape. Police gave demonstrators one hour to begin dismantling the building Sunday and then began moving in when the deadline passed.

Michael Bolden / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

U.S. Park Police surround the wooden structure, even as Occupy protesters refuse to leave.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

An Occupy protester atop the partially built structure in Washington's McPherson Square flashes a peace sign to a police helicopter circling overhead.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

Mounted U.S. Park Police officers attempt to keep the crowd under control as Occupy protesters sit atop the wooden structure in McPherson Square.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

U.S. Park Police officers press a protester to the ground while making an arrest.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Dec. 4, 2011

An Occupy protester is arrested at McPherson Square.

Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post

Members of area labor unions and Occupy Wall Street demonstrators participate in a March for Jobs and Fairness on Dec. 1 in New York City.

Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Occupy LA activist Brendan Hainer, 24, left, and an unidentified home bidder have a discussion as Good Jobs LA and Occupy LA activists disrupt a home auction outside the county courthouse in Norwalk, Calif., on Dec. 2. Protesters are calling for an end to foreclosures.

Jason Redmond / AP

Activist Mario Jefferson, 31, center, leads a chant as Good Jobs LA and Occupy LA activists disrupt a home auction outside the county courthouse in Norwalk, Calif., Dec. 2.

Jason Redmond / AP

A member of the Occupy LA movement is arrested by Los Angeles police officers on Broadway during an impromptu march through the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 3.

Genaro Molina / AP

A man sits near tents at the Occupy San Francisco encampment.

Robert Galbraith / Reuters

James Mullaney feeds a trio of pigeons during the Occupy Denver demonstration Dec. 3. The protesters gathered as part of a demonstration for the housing crisis, the theme for this Saturday's march.

Craig F. Walker / AP

Ron Veenstra rests under a tarp after spending the night with Occupy Denver demonstrators at the Civic Center on Dec. 3.

Craig F. Walker / AP

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and American civil rights icon, walks with hundreds of protesters in downtown Phoenix in support of Occupy Phoenix on Dec. 1.

Nick Oza / AP

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators sing during an Occupy Broadway rally at Times Square in New York on Dec. 2.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Protestors affiliated with Housing Works and Occupy Wall Street chain themselves together and lie down to block traffic on Broadway during a march uptown from Zuccotti Park on Dec. 1.

John Minchillo / AP

Occupy Boston protester Kristopher Eric Martin testifies while being questioned by plaintiff's attorney Howard M. Cooper during a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court on Dec. 1 in Boston. The hearing is on a request by the protesters to make permanent a temporary order that bars police from removing them without notice.

Pat Greenhouse / AP

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Occupy protests across the nation: December 2011

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