Occupy Wall Street Protesters

November 18, 2011 0:00 AM

Protester Brent Schmidt of Brooklyn, N.Y., is arrested by police near the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York, early Tuesday, Nov. 15. At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, police handed out notices from the park's owner and the city saying that

Nov. 15: People are taken into custody after police ordered Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Nov. 15: A protester yells at police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Nov. 17: New York City Police officers assemble at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Protestors walk through a corridor of police officers alongside a now empty Zuccotti Park. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A solitary Occupy Wall Street protestor holds a sign outside a nearly empty Zuccotti Park during the early morning hours, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, in New York. Crackdowns against the Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country reached the epicenter

Nov. 17: A protester, organized by Good Jobs LA and Occupy Los Angeles, uses a piece of chalk to write slogans during a protest in the downtown financial district of Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/David McNew

Occupy Seattle protester Jeff Engels holds an American flag as he stands on the University Bridge as other demonstrators shut it down behind him, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, in Seattle. The protest coalition of students, workers, unemployed people, retirees,

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gather in Foley Square during what protest organizers called a day of action in New York November 17, 2011. New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting more than 200 people in

Nov. 17: Protesters at Broad and Beaver Streets in New York. (Danny Brody/VOA)

The soiled socks of a protestor affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is seen as he sleeps in Foley Square after an unannounced raid by the New York City Police Department at 2am forced protestors out of Zuccotti Park, in New York November 15, 2

This week the Occupy Wall Street protesters were ordered out of Zuccotti Park, but continue to make their presence known in New York City and across the United States.