It’s an interesting evening of protesting across America, with thousands taking to the streets in cities across the country to protest the Ferguson situation. I actually ran into one of the bigger protests in Union Square this evening, where protestors were doing “hands up, don’t shoot!” chants in the middle of Park Ave. and 14th Street, blocking traffic in one of Lower Manhattan’s biggest thoroughfares. A few pics I snapped from the sidewalk below.
Protestors were also on a downtown part of the FDR, the major highway that runs north-south on the east side of Manhattan. CNN camera crews caught the moment mid-Anderson Cooper when they took to the highway, which resulted in yet another anti-CNN chant.
They just can’t catch a break.
A few pics from Union Square, which was relatively tame:
Interesting thing about this protest in union square blocking 14th and Park… no cops in sight for two blocks. #nyc pic.twitter.com/RpVoU6bWi8
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) November 26, 2014
Cops boxing out the intersection now, crowd goes silent. Hands are up. pic.twitter.com/PZ6QxNm809
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) November 26, 2014
Lotta moped cops now pic.twitter.com/D3k801OiOZ
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) November 26, 2014
The surreal thing about this is a street musician is playing silent night right behind where I'm at on the sidewalk. pic.twitter.com/HYku73CMmm
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) November 26, 2014