In 2011, the "Occupy Wall Street" protest started and soon spread to other major cities around the country. The overall message and protest theme was to stop corporate greed at every level. As with most protests of any size, other issues come up and other agenda's are pursued by groups who join the original protest and theme. Seattle has always been a very liberal and outspoken city with protests ranging from the environment to housing and jobs to police brutality. The city is known for its lively characters and young drifters who are always fighting the system. These images show the faces in this very diverse crowd who all have one thing in common; they want to see change in their lives and this country.
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Tired protester
Occupy Seattle 2011 - A peaceful moment
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Apposing ideas
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Just one of many characters
Occupy Seattle 2011 - The Cop, The Protester, The Musician
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Taking to the streets
Occupy Seattle 2011 - His Brother died by a cops hands
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Some stay hidden
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Some protesters are low key
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Thinking of his next move
Occupy Seattle 2011 - The young and their ideals are everywhere
Occupy Seattle 2011 - The Police surround and the pepper spray starts
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Woman catches pepper spray in the face
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Veteran yells at cops for spraying old woman in face with pepper spray
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Old protester gets comforted by young men who all got sprayed
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Pepper spray victim gets relief with squirts of milk into the eyes
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Two men of different cultures share a tent
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Protester smokes peace pipe as part of his prayer in make shift church
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Setting sun catches one protester
Occupy Seattle 2011 - Characters of all ages come to fight the 1%
