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Photos: Occupy Milwaukee Takes Over Downtown

The phenomenon that began on Wall Street spread to Milwaukee Saturday with more than 1,500 people.

The Occupy Wall Street movement made its way to Milwaukee Saturday with dozens pouring into Zeidler Square. Tense and anxious, hundreds hung out in the park until noon when the number of marchers swelled to more than 1,500 people. When the call to march rang out, chants, drums and megaphones began blaring from the once quiet crowd as they began marching down Michigan Avenue.

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement had officially arrived in Milwaukee.

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