Since the Occupy Wall Street movement began, protesters, armed with their
intentionally vague demands, have lacked a defining moment or iconic image to
help propel media coverage. This week, they got both.

First, police clashed with protesters during Tuesday's early morning raid on
Zuccotti Park, and arrested several journalists. Then on Thursday, the Occupy
movement got its face–albeit a bloody one.

During a demonstration in Lower Manhattan, 20-year-old Brandon Watts of
Philadelphia grabbed a police officer's hat and was subsequently tackled and
arrested, sustaining a gash to his forehead. Watts' bloody face appeared on the
cover of the Daily News and Metro newspapers on Friday. (Interestingly, the New
York Post went with the Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore for its Friday front page;
the New York Times featured an A1 photo of the protests above the fold, but no
blood.)

Before grabbing the hat, Watts allegedly threw an AAA battery at officers who
had set up a barricade. According to the Daily News, he was charged with assault and
grand larceny after receiving medical treatment at Bellevue Hospital.

According to the paper, it was Watts' fourth arrest since the protests began
in September.

Thursday also saw more police clashes with journalists. Michelle Fields and
Direna Cousins, a pair reporters from the Daily Caller claim they were attacked by the NYPD.

The conservative publication has been critical of Occupy Wall Street, but
protesters reportedly came the aid of Fields and Cousins.

After Fields was knocked to the ground, several Occupy Wall Streeters "came up
to me right away and asked if I needed any medical assistance," she wrote. "They were actually very kind and helpful. It was the
police officers who were very aggressive."

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