8/16/05 Anti Bloomberg Rally in NYC
An anti-bloomberg (Republican Mayor on NYC) Rally is taking place on August 31, The anniversary of my arrest in New York during the Republican Convention. If you are in the area come on by. Here's the details.
RNC Arrestee Coalition Presents:
Rally Against Mayor Bloomberg
When: August 31st, 2005
Where: City Hall Park
Time: Gather at 5:30, Rally begins at 6:00pm
To acknowledge the anniversary of the mass arrests that took place
during the RNC last year, a coalition has been formed to remind Mayor
Bloomberg that we, the people, WILL NOT FORGET.
Background: During the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York
City, thousands of people took the streets in protest. People from all
walks of life united in some of the most diverse and unique protests in
the city’s history, which the mainstream media made sure you never
heard of. As a reward for this exercise in free speech, nearly 2,000
people were arrested in the largest mass arrests in New York’s history.
Most of these arrests took place on August 31st using techniques such as
orange construction netting to trap and contain everyone in the
vicinity, and in some instances unnecessary force....
More details here
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