Wall Street protest spreads across U.S.

Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and on other issues showed no signs of giving up their campaign Monday, with organizers urging participants to dress up as corporate zombies and to take part in a rally against police brutality.

The arrests of 700 people on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend fueled protesters camping in a Manhattan park and sparked support nationwide as the campaign entered its third week.

Occupy Wall Street started with fewer than a dozen college students spending days and nights in Zuccotti Park.

But after Saturday's mass arrests, hundreds of protesters were resolute and like-minded groups in other cities had joined in.

Demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve Banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Chicago to Boston to Portland, Maine.

Group spokesman Pat-rick Bruner urged protesters Monday to dress up as corporate zombies and eat Monopoly money to let financial workers "see us reflecting the metaphor of their actions."

As the encampment slowly began waking up Monday, several dozen police officers stood in formation across the street.

One camper set up a table with tubes of makeup and stacks of fake money and was applying white makeup to the face of a young woman.

Another supporter, William Stack, sent an email to city officials urging that all charges be dropped against those arrested.

"It is not a crime to demand that our money be spent on meeting people's needs, not for massive corporate bailouts," he wrote. "The real criminals are in the boardrooms and executive offices on Wall Street, not the people marching for jobs, health care, and a moratorium on foreclosures."

The NYPD said the department will continue its regular patrols of the area. And "as always, if it is a lawful demonstration, we help facilitate and if they break the law we arrest them," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.

The city's Law Department said the NYPD's actions were proper.

A map of the country displayed on the plaza identified 21 places where other protests were organized.

Wall-Street style demonstrations with names like Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Chicago and Occupy Boston were staged in front of Federal Reserve buildings in those cities. A group in Columbus, Ohio, also marched on the capital city.

In Canada, a Wall Street rally is planned for later this month in Toronto.