Wall Street Protesters Dress as Zombies to Greet Workers

Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other issues in New York City are dressing as corporate zombies and greeting Wall Street workers as they head into the office.      

Patrick Bruner, a spokesman for the group, says Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are being urged to dress in business wear with white faces and blood, and will march while eating monopoly money.

He says financial workers should see them "reflecting the metaphor of their actions.''      

Later Monday, Bruner says an anti-police brutality protest is planned on the steps of City Hall.      

Seven hundred protesters were arrested as they marched on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend. They have been camping in a Manhattan park for three weeks and say they have no intentions of stopping.

The Occupy Wall Street demonstration started out small last month, with less than a dozen college students spending days and nights in Zuccotti Park, a private plaza off Broadway.

It has grown significantly, however, both in New York City and elsewhere as people in other communities across the country display their solidarity in similar protests.

The event has drawn protesters of diverse ages and occupations who are speaking out against corporate greed, social inequality, global climate change and other concerns.

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Kira Moyer-Sims, 19, of Portland, Ore., said things have changed a lot since the protest started, with the group much more organized. "We have a protocol for most things," she said, including what to do when people are arrested in terms of getting legal help.

"We're going to stay as long as we can," she added.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said the department wouldn't be changing its approach to handling the protest, that it would continue regular patrols and monitoring but not assign additional officers. Police officers have been a regular sight at the plaza.

The Fire Department said it had gone to the site several times over the past week to check for any fire safety hazards arising from people living in the plaza, but there have been no major issues.

The protesters have spent most of their time in the plaza, sleeping on air mattresses, holding assemblies and listening to speakers including celebrity activist Michael Moore and Princeton University professor Cornel West.