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California - Study looks at spread of Occupy movement to California’s small towns, cities. Occupy New Year's Eve: 68 Arrested in Zuccotti Park, Director Sam Levinson Captures Arrest Video Near Union Square. New Year's Eve was meant to be a day of celebration for Occupy Wall Street, that night's festivities calling itself Occupy 2012—flyers advertised "food, games, and fun," but the main goal was to re-take Zuccotti Park, which had been blocked off by barricades.
The gathering began at 7 PM and continued peacefully for several hours, but shortly after 11 PM—just after the park's barricades had been breached and protesters were standing upon them—cops descended upon the group of around 500 and began arresting people: "They (police) got very aggressive and started pushing people and pepper-spraying people," protester Jason Amadi, 27, of San Jose, California, said Sunday. 25 best Occupy photos of 2011. As 2011 draws to a close, the Post’s photo department takes a look back at the year in photos.
Below, the best photos of the Occupy movement from the past year. WARNING: Some photographs depict scenes of violence. View more photo galleries REUTERS/Andrew BurtonProtesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement lift a chainlink fence while storming into Duarte Square in New York, December 17, 2011.