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Photos: Thousands March Across Manhattan For Black Lives Matter Protest
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Published Jun 9, 2020
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Widespread demonstrations against racist police brutality continued on Monday as New York City entered the first phase of its four-part reopening plan in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. One of the biggest marches happened in Manhattan early in the evening, when thousands of protesters marched from Washington Square Park up Fifth Avenue to Gramercy Park, and then further uptown from there. See photos from that peaceful demonstration in the gallery above.
Things kicked off with a series of speeches and chants around 5 p.m. at Washington Square Park before protesters went on the move. "It was energetic, loud, and unmolested by the NYPD, who really only made an appearance when we passed the precinct," noted photographer Scott Lynch. That included some rousing new chants:
There was also a "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" singalong:
And protesters took a knee at 60th Street under the Queensboro Bridge:
At some point, it also met up with the daily vigil that happens on the Upper East Side near Gracie Mansion:
Also on Monday, thousands of cyclists biked their way from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back as part of a Black Lives Matter solidarity ride, which ensnared traffic on the Manhattan Bridge at one point. Some protesters also gathered outside the 88th Precinct stationhouse in Clinton Hill to call for the elimination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can read more about those actions here.
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