Occupy Movement Marks May Day With Protests

Published May 2, 2012 at 4:00 AM EDT

The Occupy protest movement was out in force Tuesday. May 1 is traditionally a day for labor demonstrations. For the most part, the demonstrations were noisy and theatrical but restrained.

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