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Occupy D.C. camps out, protests Demonstrators have entrenched themselves in Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square downtown. Patience with the protests seems to be wearing thin for some officials, and the National Park Service director says Park Police will enforce the ban on camping in McPherson Square.
Jan. 30, 2012
Occupy D.C. protesters shout slogans from under a tent erected over the statue of U.S. Civil War Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson at the McPherson Square Park in Washington, D.C. The protesters face a deadline Monday to end their four-months of camping or risk arrest.
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Jan. 30, 2012
An Occupy D.C. protester places a tarp over the statue of Major General James Birdseye McPherson at the McPherson Square Park in Washington.
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Jan. 30, 2012
An Occupy D.C. protester wearing a gas mask rallies around a tarp that was thrown over the James Birdseye McPherson statue during a demonstration at McPherson Square Park.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Office workers observe from a rooftop as Occupy D.C. protesters drape the James Birdseye McPherson statue with a blue tarp at McPherson Square.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Occupy D.C. protesters erect a tent over the McPherson Square statue in Washington, D.C.
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An Occupy D.C. protester wears a tent to symbolize the occupation while he waves the U.S. flag at the McPherson Square encampment in Washington.
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Occupy D.C. protesters erect a tent over the James Birdseye McPherson statue at McPherson Square Park in Washington.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Occupy protesters begin packing their belongings on the day U.S. Park Police will begin to enforce park regulations at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. Protesters have been given notice that as of noon on Monday they are no longer allowed to camp overnight in the square. Several Occupy protesters plan to stay at the encampment and risk arrest.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Occupy protester Hannah of Putney, Vt., tries to keep warm under heat blankets in her tent in McPherson Square.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Occupy protester Joe Hill of Austin holds a sign in McPherson Square on the day U.S. Park Police will begin to enforce the park regulations.
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Jan. 30, 2012
A skull and crossbones flag flutters in the wind on the day U.S. Park Police will begin to enforce park regulations at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. on Occupy D.C. protesters.
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Jan. 30, 2012
Jake Roszak of Rochester, N.Y., holds a sign as U.S. Park Police walk through the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square in Washington.
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Jan. 30, 2012
A sign announcing regulations are posted at the Occupy D.C. camp at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C.
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Jan. 30, 2012
An Occupy D.C. protester taunts U.S. Park Police officers at the McPherson Square Occupy encampment on K Street NW in Washington.
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Jan. 30, 2012
The McPherson Square Occupy D.C. encampment on K Street NW in Washington.
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Jan. 30, 2012
An Occupy D.C. protester at McPherson Square packs up belongings in expectation of an enforcement of a no-camping regulation by the park police.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Occupy D.C. demonstrators face off with police officers at McPherson Square in downtown Washington after police used a Taser on a protester. Police were passing out fliers warning protesters that they would be arrested if they remained camped out in the square when the confrontation began. Protesters said the man was stunned for no reason: Police on the scene confirmed that he had been subdued with a Taser and arrested but gave no further details
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Jan. 29, 2012
Dozens of members of Occupy D.C. try to prevent one of their own from being taken away by U.S. Park Police.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Protesters still inhabit the Occupy D.C. encampment. Police have given them until noon Jan. 30 to stop camping out in the square.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Occupy D.C. demonstrators shout near their encampment at McPherson Square.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Occupy D.C. protesters clash with U.S. Park Police at McPherson Square.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Members of Occupy D.C. have less than 24 hours to take down their tents. The U.S. Park Police have given them until noon Jan. 30 to comply.
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Jan. 29, 2012
A sign from the National Park Service states that police will be enforcing regulations against camping overnight in federal parks starting Monday.
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Jan. 29, 2012
Police arrest Occupy D.C. protesters at McPherson Square.
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Jan 28, 2012
Occupy D.C. demonstrators throw glitter at guests as they try to block the entrance to the Alfalfa Dinner, a who's who of Washington that this year included President Obama, at the Capitol Hilton in Washington.
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Jan. 28, 2012
Occupy D.C. demonstrators chant around a guest going to the Alfalfa Club dinner at the Capital Hilton, where President Obama was scheduled to speak.
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Jan. 28, 2012
D.C. police push back Occupy D.C. demonstrators who were trying to block the guest entrance to the Alfalfa Club's dinner at the Capital Hilton.
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Jan. 28, 2012
Occupy D.C. demonstrators protest as they try to block the guest entrance to the Alfalfa Dinner at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C.
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Jan. 24, 2012
From left, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Paul Quander, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, D.C. Department of Health Director Mohammad N. Akhter, William and Mary law professor Timothy Zick and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis are sworn in on Capitol Hill prior to testifying before a subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The hearing was about the McPherson Square campsite that is part of the ongoing Occupy D.C. protest.
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Jan. 24, 2012
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, right, talks to an aide while testifying before a subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the McPherson Square campsite. The subcommittee launched an investigation last month into whether the Occupy protesters are camping on federal parkland illegally.
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Jan. 24, 2012
National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis testifies on Capitol Hill. Jarvis said Occupy D.C. protesters will get one final warning before U.S. Park Police begin to enforce the ban on camping in McPherson Square.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Demonstrators take to the steps after knocking down a barricade in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday, the anniversary of the Citizens United decision. Under the banner ”Occupy the Courts,“ organizers expected thousands of people to rally Friday at 150 courthouses to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that protesters say allows unlimited corporate campaign donations.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Protesters knock down a barricade in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Police look on as demonstrators stage a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Police arrest demonstrators after they tore down a barricade and took to the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Police arrest protesters at the demonstration outside the Supreme Court in Washington.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Occupy D.C. protesters stand toe-to-toe with police on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington.
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Jan. 20, 2012
A demonstrator dressed as Uncle Sam wears a “For Sale” sign during a protest on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. Under the banner “Occupy the Courts,” organizers expected thousands of people to rally Friday at 150 courthouses to protest ruling, which protesters say allows unlimited corporate campaign donations.
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Jan. 4, 2012
A dog named Daisy, part feist, terrier and collie, from Mississippi, wears a jacket as the occupy encampment at McPherson Square braces for the bitter cold snap in Washington.
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Jan. 4, 2012
Santiago Adam Isbell, right, works at scrubbing graffiti off the sidewalk as the occupy encampment at McPherson Square braces for a bitter cold snap.
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Jan. 4, 2012
A commuter passes through the occupy encampment at McPherson Square as night falls on another bitterly cold in Washington.
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Jan. 4, 2012
Shannon Scannell goes through belongings in her tent at Occupy D.C. in McPherson Square as she and other protesters braced for the cold weather.
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Dec. 28, 2011
An overview of Freedom Plaza in Washington. The Park Service has granted a new permit to the group that now calls itself Occupy Washington, D.C., which allows its members to continue their protest encampment on Freedom Plaza through Feb. 28.
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Dec. 28, 2011
Occupy Washington, D.C., protester Gregory Hicks prepares to light a cigarette at Freedom Plaza.
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Dec. 16, 2011
Occupy protester Adrian Parsons, 29, center, is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for blocking traffic on Independence Ave. during a rally outside the Longworth House Office Building on Dec. 16. in Washington. Parsons was using a wheel chair because he hadn't eaten in nine days, having gone on a hunger strike to protest the District's lack of a voting member of Congress.
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Dec. 16, 2011
Occupy D.C. protesters and hunger strikers, from left, Sam Jewler, Adrian Parsons and Joe Gray sit in wheelchairs during a rally Friday outside the Longworth House Office Building. The protesters joined members of D.C. Vote for the rally.rally.
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Dec. 16, 2011
Hunger strikers Joe Gray, top, and Sam Jewler rest at Luther Place Memorial Church.
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Dec. 15, 2011
The encampment at Freedom Plaza, seen on Dec. 15, is growing in population, with occupiers from encampments in other cities that have been shut down.
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Dec. 15, 2011
Occupy protester Stephen Dougherty, 53, of Asheville, N.C., walks through the encampment at Freedom Plaza on Dec. 15. He quit his job as a certified nursing assistant making $10 an hour so that he could join the movement in the District.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Occupy protesters erect a shelter Dec. 8 that will be used for a hunger strike by three protesters at the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square.
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Dec. 8, 2011
Occupy protesters Adrian Parsons, left, Kelly Mears, right, and Sam Jewler, not pictured, have their last meal of carrot and spinach juice and stir-fried veggies with tofu before beginning their hunger strike at the Occupy D.C. encampment.
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Dec. 7, 2011
D.C. police on horseback clear the street during a protest on K Street NW. Dozens of Occupy D.C. protesters were arrested after blocking traffic.
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Dec. 7, 2011
A pedestrian cuts across the street as Occupy D.C. protesters block the intersection of K and 16th streets NW.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Police prepare to arrest protesters during the K Street demonstration.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Police photograph protesters who were arrested while blocking the intersection of 14th and K streets NW.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Protesters lock arms in a human chain during a demonstration by the Occupy movement on K Street NW.
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Dec. 7, 2011
A commuter, left, gets into a shouting match with protesters. As chaos disrupted traffic and delayed bus service, commuters and others began to show frustration with the Occupiers.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Protesters block a portion of K Street NW with banners during a protest in Washington, D.C. Several Occupy D.C. protesters were arrested for blocking traffic.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Occupy D.C. protesters are arrested as they block the intersection of 14th and K streets NW.
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Dec. 7, 2011
Demonstrators form a human chain while lying on the street during a protest on K Street NW.
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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.
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Dec. 4, 2011
An Occupy protester is arrested.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Police attempt to remove Occupy D.C. protesters.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Protesters cheer on fellow Occupy D.C. demonstrators.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Police attempt to remove a protester.
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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.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Donald Flowers, left, who lives near the Occupy D.C. site, watched as an illegal structure in McPherson Square was being torn down. Flowers said he supports the movement but that the building of the illegal structure was "probably pushing it too far."
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Dec. 4, 2011
An Occupy D.C. protester is escorted away, under arrest.
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Dec. 4, 2011
A police officer on the scene.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Occupy D.C. protesters refuse to leave.
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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.
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Dec. 4, 2011
U.S. Park Police surround the wooden structure, even as Occupy protesters refuse to leave.
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Dec. 4, 2011
U.S. Park Police began making arrests after clashes over a wooden building that Occupy D.C. protesters began constructing at McPherson Square.
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Dec. 4, 2011
Police flooded McPherson Square as demonstrators sat in the partially unfinished structure, unwilling to move.
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Dec. 4, 2011
U.S. Park Police use horses to expand the perimeter around the partially built structure in McPherson Square.
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Dec. 4, 2011
U.S. Park Police officers press a protester to the ground while making an arrest.
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Dec. 4, 2011
An Occupy protester is arrested at McPherson Square.
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Nov. 22, 2011
A small group of Occupy Wall Street protesters pose for a picture at the welcome sign on Rhode Island Avenue as they arrived in the District from New York.
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Nov. 22, 2011
Michael Glazer of Chicago is among the Occupy Wall Street protesters making their way through College Park toward Washington on their trek from New York City.
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Nov. 22, 2011
Under the umbrella of a coffee cup lid, Sarah Handyside, center, a march organizer, takes notes during a stop along Route 1 in Hyattsville, to inform the group of their plan. Rain drenched Occupy Wall Street protesters making their way through College Park toward Washington. The group started their march from the Occupy camp in New York.
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Nov. 19, 2011
Occupy D.C. protesters entered the Franklin School on K and 13th streets NW and hung a large sign from the roof. The city owns the vacant building.
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Nov. 19, 2011
Police officers looked around the rear of the closed Franklin school for the way that members of Occupy D.C. movement entered to hang a sign from the roof. The building had been used as a homeless shelter until 2008.
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Nov. 19, 2011
Police officers removed one of the arrested protesters from the abandoned Franklin School in Washington, D.C.
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Nov. 19, 2011
Members of the Occupy D.C. movement blocked the alley behind the abandoned Franklin School.
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Nov. 19, 2011
Occupy D.C. protestors marched in downtown Washington, then served pie to everyone at the conclusion of the protest in Franklin Square. The hung a sign from the food table that read, "OccuPIE DC." Across the street, protesters entered the Franklin School on K and 13th streets NW and hung a large sign from the roof. The sign read: “Public Property under Community Control.”
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Nov. 17, 2011
Protesters march down K Street NW in Washington to mark the movement's two-month anniversary.
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Nov. 17, 2011
A protester going by the alias "Random" waves a U.S. flag.
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Nov. 17, 2011
"DEA" rallied protesters, chanting, "Whose D.C.? Our D.C."
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Nov. 17, 2011
Protesters demonstrate on the Key Bridge.
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Nov. 17, 2011
Protesters were joined by teachers and other unionized workers for the day’s chilly march.
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Nov. 17, 2011
Protesters march down K Street NW after the afternoon protest on Key Bridge.
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Nov. 17, 2011
Police officers walk away from the Key Bridge as Occupy D.C. demonstrators begin to disperse.
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Nov. 15, 2011
Joe Wisdom, right, Lacy MacAuley, far right, and other Occupy D.C. protesters march to the White House. Police removed Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning.
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Nov. 15, 2011
Metropolitan Police Department officer talks to Occupy D.C. protestors as they march to the White House.
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Nov. 15, 2011
Occupy D.C. demonstrators crash a reception of the Hope Now Conference at the Rayburn Building and scream out their message.
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Nov. 4, 2011
Occupy D.C. protesters wanted to heard and seen where a conservative group was holding a dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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Nov. 4, 2011
Protesters from Occupy D.C. march past the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, protesting Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political advocacy group that was holding its annual meeting there.
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Nov. 4, 2011
Protesters scuffle with police in front of the entrance of the convention center, where Americans for Prosperity was meeting.
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Nov. 4, 2011
Hundreds of protesters stood in the street at intersections around the convention center, keeping cars from coming or going.
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Oct. 15, 2011
An Occupy D.C. protester shouts as demonstrators rally in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington.
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Oct. 11, 2011
Demonstrators protest in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building.
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Oct. 11, 2011
A demonstrator is arrested by Capitol Hill police.
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Oct. 11, 2011
Demonstrators from the Backbone Campaign, part of the Stop the Machine occupation of Freedom Plaza, unfurl banners in front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Oct. 10, 2011
Jacob Griesmer sits in his tent in Freedom Plaza, where many protesters camp out.
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Oct. 10, 2011
Many signs like this one sit in Freedom Plaza so that people who want to join the demonstration can use them.
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Oct. 8, 2011
A group of demonstrators sit outside the entrance to the Air and Space Museum after the incident.
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Oct. 6, 2011
A group calling themselves the Raging Grannies sing to protesters gathered at Freedom Plaza in the District as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement and a long-planned rally called "October 2011."
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Oct. 6, 2011
Barry Freed, 22, left, and a person identified only as "America" wear masks and march to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
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Oct. 6, 2011
Protesters carry an altered U.S. Constitution dedicated to corporations at the Occupy D.C. protest while marching down K Street Northwest.
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Oct. 6, 2011
Carol Shihadeh of Old Bridge, N.J., talks about being unemployed at 63 and how little social security pays in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the District.
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Oct. 6, 2011
John Joseph "Bodhi" Goforth, 58, of Eugene, Ore., plays with bubbles before a protest on Freedom Plaza in Washington. Demonstrators are protesting "corporate greed," defense spending, banks and rising income inequality.
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