Washington Square Park not waiting for the AP call
About two minutes after this 5 cops walked into the crowd, assessed the scene, and turned back
Nude man splashing around in the fountain shouting “I’M NEVADA.” Will spare you the video
It’s a roving, joyous dance party trailed, for some reason, by dozens of SRG bike cops in full body armor. I asked one what they thought was gonna happen and he responded: “Have you been outside the last few days?”
Another suggested I call the Mayor’s Office
“Haha bitch you lost,” one protester tells a turtle cop
Baron was enjoying some outdoor drinking when a hundred or so riot cops pedaled past his hookah table. “I think it’s good cops are there to keep people safe, but come on, it’s a celebration.”
March disperses at Madison Sq Park without incident. “They’re so mad,” says Kiara Williams, pointing at rows of cops. “But we’re so fucking happy.”
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Brian Lehrer describes police violence this week, and asks @NYCMayor: Do you acknowledge that those things happened and say the NYPD acted wrongly?
"I don’t have information that tells me that."
De Blasio has this info because his press secretary witnessed it. He's lying, again
"You have to take a stronger stance," begs a caller, describing unprovoked attack by police.
But @NYCMayor is wholly incapable of acknowledging that police have attacked peaceful protesters, time and time again. "The videos often are inconclusive."
"If people are feeling there’s a kind of militarism going on, that’s not acceptable."
Again, it’s a hypothetical: “IF.” His NYPD leaders sent hundreds of militarized riot cops to a trans liberation march, arrested the organizer and pushed public advocate. It's gaslighting
At the Count Every Vote demo at Bryant Park, @lsarsour urges: “Let’s stay in the street, regardless of the outcome of this election.”
March arrives in Washington Square Park, where they’re greeted by hundreds of cops and a constellation of police helicopters. Two NYU freshmen said the sound of choppers kept them up all night
Heschy Tischler, the right wing radio host leading the Orthodox anti lockdown protests, is greeted in Borough Park to a hero’s welcome. Children standing on light poles try to get a glimpse. Older men jostling for selfies. Heschy declines a supporter’s offer of a mask
NYPD agrees to block off a portion of 13th Avenue for tonight’s event. Trump and Thin Blue Line flags abound
Right now it’s basically a pro-Trump dance party. Lots of media here after last night’s violence, but no sign of similar chaos (though someone was chucking eggs a few minutes ago)
A few hundred law enforcement supporters have joined religious groups for a march toward City Hall. Many seem to be current or former NYPD
NYPD officers just violently arrest about a dozen protesters who’d linked arms to block the police march across Brooklyn Bridge. Members of community affairs unit who made arrests were just marching alongside pro police group
As cops processes the 10+ peaceful protesters they just arrested on the bridge, the NYPD-escorted pro-police march waits for their turn to march on the same roadway
Tenants in Crown Heights say their landlord just attempted an illegal eviction. A group led by @EqualFlatbush is now occupying the steps, with landlord inside
Two cops just showed up, apprently called by landlord. Crowd chews them out for not wearing masks. They’re now inside with landlord
“No landlords, no cops, all evictions have to stop”
I’m in the Bronx tonight for #FTP4 — the first #GeorgeFloydNYC protest organized by @decolonize_this. Dozens of cops on every corner, stationed on a roof, circling in armor on bikes.
Bronxites for NYPD Accountability Co-Founder Shannon Jones says @NYCMayor is culpable: “These are Democrats fucking up your lives. We already got bamboozled by the biracial kid. We fucked up on that one....but fool me once.”
We stopped outside La Morada on Willis Ave, where owner Natalie Hernandez has been serving free meals during COVID-19 — and also, organizers says, faced harassment from ICE.
Chants of “La policía, la migra, la misma porquería”