February 15 Protests

Thursday, February 20th, 2003


Photo by Peter Holderness . Click for uncropped version.

NYC Indymedia has published a selected
gallery of photos from the February 15 rally. The above is the most
disturbing photo I’ve seen thus far. It seems to show a cop on horseback
coming dangerously close to this child riding on an adult’s shoulders.

Indymedia has also posted videos they say shows unwaranted
violence. I have not been able to view them. The download always craps
out on me before It starts. A critical comment there say, that the video
is edited in too quick cuts, not allowing you to see what comes before
the violence. Originally, when show at the press conference, it was
set to the tune NY, NY by Frank Sinatra. Sheeesh! Way to lend
credibility to your journalism, make it cheesier than some Fox newsertainment.
But the release of only selected clips may be a valid journalistic judgement,
protecting the rights of the sources, victims and arrested. I suspect
the unedited film is in the hands of lawyers.

Click for slightly larger version. Photo by Jaime W

This is the only overhead shot I have found
of the crowd in New York. You can see how people were penned
into small groups and kept from mingling with each other. Also
observe what appears to be cops on the roof on the left. This
is first Avenue. It looks to be taken from the 59th street bridge
looking uptown. You should also realize that at this same time
Second and Third Avenues were similarly full of people who were
obstructed from getting to the First Avenue rally site. Look
at how far uptown the crowd stretches. And the main stage is
eight blocks downtown at Fifty First Street. The entire upper
east side was tied up by the way that the city obstructed us
from our a legal march and gathering.

______________________

Paris

Huge crowd at Paris Demonstration.
Large selection of photos from worldwide anti-war protests
from punchdown.org
Filed in Big Brother, Demonstrations, Peace, Protest, Upper East Side | | Permalink |

 

Post a comment | Trackback URI