PORTLAND, Ore. - Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood.
In New York and other East Coast cities, it was a snowstorm that was making it difficult for demonstrators to stay camped out in public places.
The Occupy movement, which began six weeks ago in Lower Manhattan to decry corporate influence in government and wealth inequality, has spread to cities large and small across the country and around the world. Demonstrators have spent weeks camped out in parks, wearing at the patience of city officials - even those who have expressed some support for their cause.
