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Photos: Outraged Protesters Shut Down NYC Bridges For Michael Brown
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About 250 people took the roadway of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge at about 12:15 am, followed by scores of police.<br/>
A brief altercation between police and protestors erupted on Sixth Avenue in the West Village after a police officer on a scooter aggressively herded some marchers with his vehicle and was subsequently hit with a protest sign.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
From 6:00 pm until the Ferguson grand jury’s verdict was announced at around 9:30 pm, crowds gathered and grew in number at Union Square Park.<br/>
As the expected verdict announcement time of 9 pm came and went with no word, people remained in a tightly-knit throng on the north end of the park.<br/>
Within a minute of the news of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown, the crowds at Union Square began to march, heading uptown.<br>
Within a minute of the news of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown, the crowds at Union Square began to march, heading uptown.<br/>
The march continued to take the streets in Chelsea.<br/>
The march reached Times Square and paused for a rally at the red steps on 46th Street, which were immediately closed to the public.<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
The march reached Times Square and paused for a rally at the red steps on 46th Street, which were immediately closed to the public.<br/>
There were several cabbies who, despite being inconvenienced by the streets being shut down by the protestors, showed their solidarity nonetheless.<br>
The march continued uptown into and through Harlem<br/>
The march continued uptown into and through Harlem<br/>
On 125th Street<br/>
The march continued uptown into and through Harlem<br/>
About 250 people took the roadway of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge at about 12:15 am, followed by scores of police.<br/>
Just before the tollbooths, NYPD set up a barricade and would not allow the protest to continue, eventually announcing arrests would be made if protestors did not return to Manhattan.<br/>
Just before the tollbooths, NYPD set up a barricade and would not allow the protest to continue, eventually announcing arrests would be made if protestors did not return to Manhattan.<br/>
One protestor urged his fellow marchers to avoid arrest.<br/>
It was not long before the ubiquitous orange protest net of the NYPD was unfurled and deployed.<br/>
While the crowds still swelled at the police line, some marchers began to decompress on the roadway.<br/>
As the police line and net advanced, some were not so eager to leave.<br/>
The march walked back the way it had come and continued into Harlem.<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In Times Square<br/>
In a small park at the foot of the RFK Bridge<br/>
In a small park at the foot of the RFK Bridge<br/>
One protester is taken away <br/>
One protester is taken away <br/>
At 125th Street and 2nd Avenue<br/>
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