Occupy movement a year old

A participant in the Occupy Wall Street protest is arrested during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the movement in New York on Monday, September 17.

Participants in Occupy Wall Street take part in a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the movement on Monday.

Participants in the Occupy Wall Street protest take part in a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the movement on Monday.

An Occupy Wall Street participant is arrested by police on Monday.

An officer warns people they will be arrested for blocking a sidewalk during the Occupy Wall Street protest on Monday in New York.

A protester is arrested during the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Monday.

A protester is arrested during the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Monday.

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street are arrested while attempting to form a "People's Wall" to block Wall Street on Monday.

A protester affiliated with Occupy Wall Street stands near Wall Street on Monday.

Protesters block a street near Wall Street during the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Monday.

A protester looks out from a police van after being arrested on Monday.

A man walks by a police blockade along Wall Street during Occupy Wall Street demonstrations on Monday.

Police on horseback stand guard along Wall Street on Monday.

Protester Etkar Surette is arrested during Occupy Wall Street demonstrations on Monday.

People have their identification checked at a police blockade along Wall Street on Monday.

Protesters are arrested during Occupy Wall Street demonstrations on Monday.

Protesters are arrested during Occupy Wall Street demonstrations on Monday.

An Occupy Wall Street protester is arrested by police on Broadway after a march from Washington Square Park to New York's financial district on Saturday, September 15.

Members of Occupy Wall Street march from Washington Square Park to New York's financial district on Saturday.

A police officer gives orders to Occupy Wall Street protesters on Saturday.

An Occupy Wall Street protester, who said she was not acting as part of the overall Occupy movement but as an individual, lights an American flag on fire during the march in New York City on Saturday.

Occupy Wall Street protesters check their cell phones in Washington Square Park on Saturday.

A member of Occupy Wall Street is arrested during a march from Washington Square Park to the financial district on Saturday.

Police keep watch after monitoring an Occupy Wall Street march in New York City on Saturday.

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Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

Occupy Wall Street: One year later

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New York (CNN) -- Police encircled Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park on Sunday as protesters geared up to observe the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

A loosely organized group of demonstrators first gathered in New York one year ago Monday as part of a movement that thrust "the 99 percent" into the political lexicon. The protests spread to dozens of cities across the United States.

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By 7 p.m. Sunday, New York police said there had been no arrests during the day -- but they put the number of arrests Saturday at about 40. Protesters faced various charges including disorderly conduct, resisting arrests and felony assault.

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Video of the scene showed people near the park being detained, while others banged on drums and shouted. Zuccotti Park is located in the city's financial district.

The group's messages have ranged from protecting the environment to protests over education costs. There's been an overriding theme of condemning income inequality and social injustice.

It put out a statement Sunday, saying "the day's events are about flexing people power in the streets and utilizing public spaces."

"The Occupy movement continues to utilize culturally creative tactics to build the movement for social and economic justice," the group said.

The movement also has been criticized for its lack of focus, and over reliance on a physical space.

"The camp is one of the central points for the first couple of months and that's just not a sustainable form of protest," said Fordham University professor Heather Gautney, referring to Zuccotti Park.

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"So I think there was a transition into more localized acts of protest but they never really had the momentum that the camps had."

Occupy had "a problem of transitioning into a new strategy," she said.

The group's mantra has traditionally been directed against the so-called privileged 1 percent of society -- such as banks, the mortgage industry, insurance providers and others.

The 99 percent is a reference to the broader public, which the group said had been undermined by those institutions.

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