What Happened to the Occupy Wall Street Movement?
Protest groups remain defiant.
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Where Did the Rallies Go? - If you thought the Occupy Movement was over, think again. The weather may have deterred a few protestors during the winter months, and police may have dismantled camps nationwide, but Occupy activists are making it known that they still exist and want their voices to be heard. BET.com takes a look inside –Danielle Wright(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Occupy Wall Street - Deemed as the pioneering city of the movement that organized protests against corporate excess and economic inequality, Occupy Wall Street camps in New York have been dismantled, as it was required by city law that the camp be torn down over the past few months.Defying the law, eight people were arrested Wednesday after a group of demonstrators took their sleeping bags to Zuccotti Park after midnight in preparation for the largest 2012 rally to date opposing rising college tuition costs. (Photo: EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT/Landov)
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Occupy DePaul - Over the course of three days, starting March 1, DePaul University, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, University of Illinois Chicago and Columbia College, among others, participated in protests decrying alleged discriminatory practices and college tuition hikes in their state of Illinois.(Photo: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok)
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Occupy Oklahoma - On Sunday, a rally for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Oklahoma City was disrupted for 20 minutes by Occupy Wall Street protestors chanting, "Get your hate out of our state," and "Pro-life, pro-war, what are you fighting for?"(Photo: The Sun News/MCT/Landov)
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Occupy Philadelphia - Demonstrators chanted, “Tear down Jailhouses! Build up Schoolhouses!” outside Heery International Inc. in Philadelphia, a company being paid more than $300 million to build two new state prisons in Montgomery County. The protest targeted the disparity between increased funding for prisons and decreased funding for education.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Occupy UC Davis - Student protesters pepper-sprayed while peacefully sitting at the University of California, Davis, campus last fall sued school officials Wednesday, February 22. They claim that campus police officers weren't trained on how to handle demonstrations properly.(Photo: REUTERS/Brian Nguyen)
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Occupy London - Authorities dismantled Occupy London's camp outside the famous St. Paul's Cathedral Tuesday, February 28. (Photo: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)
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Occupy West Palm Beach - On Monday, protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement were removed from a site in West Palm Beach. Reports say about 20 people had been camping in tents since December. It's the third spot the Occupy Palm Beach group has occupied.(Photo: Creative Commons via Flickr.com/lisacericola)
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Occupy Cleveland - Five members of Occupy Cleveland were arrested Monday after they interrupted a County Sheriff's sale to protest foreclosures. Before they could finish reading their statement, sheriff's deputies arrested the group and charged them with disorderly conduct.(Photo: The Plain Dealer/Landov)
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Occupy Washington, D.C. - About 100 protesters from Washington, D.C.-area colleges and high schools and the Occupy D.C. movement marched to Sallie Mae headquarters and the Department of Education building on Thursday. The group spoke out about rising tuition, unbearable student debt and abusive student loan policies. “People go without food to pay their student debt,” said Stef Gray, a member of occupystudentdebt.com.(Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
