Protesters and press, and onlookers, gathering on the platform from incoming trains. #JordanNeely twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
About 15 demonstrators keeping up the chant. Some commuters watch or join. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bodycams on.
"If they start jumping [on the tracks], we'll..." an officer is overheard saying. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Lots of SRG around the station. Transit terrorism squad, 'white shirts,' disorder control unit, and community affairs also around.
Upstairs, speakers have gathered with flowers and lit candles.
"There's so many [officers]... I've never seen this," a passer-by says.
Arrests at street level.
One arrestee has blood dripping from his hairline.
SRG prisoner van left. SRG pushing people out of street.
LRAD for illegally occupying roadway is being played. People have moved onto sidewalks and medians already.
Member of press violently arrested.
More arrests and chaos now
Two more arrests after a protester and a critic passing by starting fighting. LRAD back on.
Group is now marching south with LRAD and SRG following. Most people are on sidewalks. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Clarification: the critic was frustrated about the cost of all the police present, loudly saying so while standing in the street. Protesters urged him to get out of the street, which LRAD had declared off limits, and after he approached the group a brief conflict quickly ensued.
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