Occupy Wall Street Protest Continues in New York

Oct. 6: Participants in the Occupy Wall Street Protest continue their encampment at Zuccotti Park on Thursday in New York.

Oct. 6: Police officers stand nearby the encampment of participants in the Occupy Wall Street Protest at Zuccotti Park in New York.

Oct. 5: Jordan McCarthy, 22, from Sandwich, N.H., awakes from under a makeshift shelter where she is camped out among participants in the Occupy Wall Street Protest at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan Wednesday in New York. "We have allowed greed to be more important than humans," said McCarthy who joined the camp a week ago. The protests started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange and has since grown to hundreds.

Oct. 5: Christian Blackfeather Ruiz, 19, from Bronx, New York, searches for a spot to camp among participants in the Occupy Wall Street Protest at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan Wednesday in New York. "I am here for a global economy," said Ruiz. "We have people starving, it shouldn't come down to money." The protests started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange and has since grown to hundreds.