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Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis Friday for the first day of the OccupyMN demonstration. They came from big cities, suburbs and Greater Minnesota, united in disatisfaction with current economic, and to some extent political, conditions. The crowd in the plaza between Minneapolis City Hall and the Hennepin County Government Center swelled to as many as 1,000 over the noon hour, with placard-carrying protesters mixing with lunching office workers and the merely curious. The main activity of the demonstrators was mingling, strolling and admiring each other's signs. One corner of the plaza was a sign-making workshop; on the other side was a free food stand. OccupyMN is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests over the last several weeks. As in New York, the local demonstration is set to continue indefinitely.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis Friday for the first day of the OccupyMN demonstration.

They came from big cities, suburbs and Greater Minnesota, united in disatisfaction with current economic, and to some extent political, conditions. The crowd in the plaza between Minneapolis City Hall and the Hennepin County Government Center swelled to as many as 1,000 over the noon hour, with placard-carrying protesters mixing with lunching office workers and the merely curious.

The main activity of the demonstrators was mingling, strolling and admiring each other's signs. One corner of the plaza was a sign-making workshop; on the other side was a free food stand. OccupyMN is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests over the last several weeks. As in New York, the local demonstration is set to continue indefinitely.

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The local version of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration started Friday in Minneapolis.