New York Progressive Groups Say Including Police in Events Can Counter Their Intent
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UPDATE: The image above is from an Instagram video that has been taken down. Below is the updated link to news coverage of the same march. Watch video here
NEW YORK — As soon as he sat down, 19-year-old Elijah Green knew he was going to be arrested. When he and several others blocked the eastbound lanes of traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge on July 15, they believed they were disrupting a pro-police march. Uniformed New York Police Department officers with riot helmets quickly mobilized to disperse the small cadre of seated protesters so the march could continue unimpeded.