The Occupy Wall Street movement has captivated the country since it began. For nearly two months, protesters encamped in public parks throughout the nation in order to protest ecnomic inequality.
Some protests, such as in Oakland, became violent, with Occupiers, being injured.
For the past week, cities in the United States have been cracking down against protesters trying to remove them for their encampments.
Early Tuesday morning, the Bloomberg administration and the New York Police Department removed the protesters from Zuccotti Park. The police department was met with some resistance; however, they were able to keep the Occupiers out.
Here is a look back on some of the images of the movement during the past eight weeks.
Occupy Protesters take part in a major demonstration early on in the movement. commons.wikimedia.orgOccupy Wall Street AnimalsBuzzFeedA dog joins the Occupy Wall Street Movement in New York.IBTimesTavis Smiley and Cornel West being interviewed in Zuccotti Park.IBTimesMembers of the Occupy Wall Street movement discuss the weather while standing in Zuccotti Park during the first snow fall of winter in New York October 29, 2011.ReutersJohn Nelson, left, and Robert Stevens, right, take up protesting the protesters in support of the 1 percentIBTimesPolice officers swarmed the Occupy Wall Street camp shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 15. "The city has determined that the continued occupation of Zuccotti Park poses an increasing health and fire safety hazard," a police captain told the protesters.Angela RadulescuPolice began tearing down the Occupy encampment. "I don't want to leave," protester Ben Swenson, 25, said, according to the Daily News. "It's about social justice, equality, even rights."Angela RadulescuPolice officers watch over the displaced crowd of "Occupiers."IBTimes
