POSTED: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 4:30pm
UPDATED: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 4:34pm
NBC NATIONAL NEWS — The six month anniversary of "Occupy Wall Street" started peacefully, but it ended with arrests.
Protesters gathered throughout the day and marched at night. By then hundreds of demonstrators had returned to Zuccotti Park near Wall Street.
Police said they had to clear out those who set up tents and sleeping bags.
About a dozen protesters were taken away in plastic handcuffs several arrests were made.