A diverse crowd of about 200 people marched to city hall again on Saturday, three weeks after Occupy Toronto protesters began camping out at St. James Park.
A diverse crowd made its way from the park to Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday afternoon to hear speeches on a range of issues, as police looked on.
The recurring protests are part of a worldwide movement that's concerned with, among other things, economic inequality and what many of the activists call corporate greed.
The movement originated on Wall Street in New York in September and has spread to a number of other cities across North America, Europe and elsewhere.
The occupy protests came to Toronto on Oct. 15 when some 2,000 people met at the corner of Bay Street and King Street West in the financial district, before marching to St. James Park and setting up camp.
The number of protesters living in the park has dwindled somewhat but a few hundred people continue to participate in marches and protests in the city.
On Saturday, protester Alexander Braun said that a number of assaults had taken place in the St. James Park encampment, leading some individuals to be expelled.
"There have been (assaults) and they have been dealt with promptly," Braun told CP24.
"When people cross the line when it comes to peaceful cohabitating we ask them to leave and if they return to the park charges can be pressed. We can't have the movement become a victim of violence."
He added that no one has been seriously hurt, and that police have helped to deal with troublemakers.
