Track #4: Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
January 18th 2021: City Hall, New York
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Composed and produced by Michael Genese. Audio footage and photos courtesy of Tom Ella
300 protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
“The NYPD kicked them over, and over, and over again, so many times I lost count.”
300 protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. They were followed by over 18 NYPD vans. When the protestors crossed the bridge into City Hall Park, they saw lines of NYPD officers, outfitted in riot gear, stepping out of their vehicles and standing in the street.
The SRG played a dispersal order, lined up in the roadway, and blocked protestors from moving off the sidewalk. When demonstrators started moving south down the street, the NYPD charged and arrested people en masse. The officers, led by the SRG, chased down, tackled, and arrested civilians, both on the roadway and in the park itself.
Protest monitors documented several NYPD officers chasing protestors into City Hall Park and arresting them. Over 28 demonstrators were arrested that night, and several were sent to the hospital for their injuries.
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