Occupy Wall Street marches into the spotlight

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Occupied with trying to get a message across Saturday, Occupy Wall Street marchers forayed out of Zuccotti Park and from points elsewhere, eventually converging at Times Square. This young protester and a police officer faced off in Times Square.

BY JOHN BAYLES  |  On Saturday, Oct. 15, the demonstrators that have been occupying Zuccotti Park for the last month took their message to the one place that promised maximum attention: Times Square.

The day had been orchestrated as a worldwide call to action. Demonstrations, under the O.W.S. moniker, were held in over 900 cities all over the globe. In Manhattan more than 6,000 supporters marched from Lower Manhattan to Washington Square and, at 5 p.m., descended upon Times Square.