A protest in front of the New York Times building in Midtown spiraled into chaos Saturday afternoon when nearly 70 demonstrators were taken into police custody, according to cops.
The protestors, identified as activist group Extinction Rebellion NYC, first gathered at Bryant Park around noon and then passed through Times Square before setting up in front of the Times building shortly before 1:30 p.m., according to posts to the group’s Twitter page.
Videos and photographs posted to social media show several demonstrators climbing onto the high-rise’s glass awning, where some waved flags and others hung a sign, which read ‘Climate Change=Mass Murder,” with a red strike through “Change” and the word “Emergency” written on top, according to a video posted by @RussellTWest.
‘Report the Urgency! This Is a #ClimateEmergency!’: 70 Arrested Outside @nytimes HQ Demanding Paper Treat Climate Like Crisis It Is https://t.co/jhGkk9sVKe @ExtinctionR @XR_NYC “This is the biggest crisis in human history.”
— Common Dreams (@commondreams) June 23, 2019
Just one block over, a Port Authority vehicle went up in flames shortly before 2 p.m. at West 41st Street and 9th Avenue, according to an FDNY spokesman.
A Port Authority spokeswoman said the fire was not related to the protest, and preliminarily appeared to have started when the van overheated.
View of @XR_NYC action from Port Authority roof where banner droppers descended from 5 flights up. 70 arrests to demand @nytimes #TellTheTruth on #ClimateEmergency pic.twitter.com/GBXheDZnnD
— Barbara Ross (@BarbaraRossNYC) June 23, 2019
An NYPD spokesman told The Post 67 people were taken into custody outside The Times building, while three others were taken into custody by the Port Authority Police.
Their charges were not immediately available.
Read more at NY Post
I would sure like to see these idiots put on a work detail like Building Bird Houses,Planting Trees Cleaning up litter on a Highway and learning some real responsibility they wont get from their dumb group they belong to
This years marketing slogan Climate Emergency …. really
Climate always changes, we don’t and can’t manage it as the eco anarchists
and rent seekers like to pretend . It’s just another inconvenient lie like
the other ones pumped out by the climate doom industry .
What’s next year … a Super Duper Triple Scary Climate bed wetting emergency ?
A $trillion dollar con-game running out of gas just like the fossils pumping it’s tires .
Yes, there is a climate emergency. And the emergency is that groups of incredibly ignorant people such as these brainwashed protesters are organized to protest something that isn’t happening. They shouldn’t be jailed. They should be sent to a funny farm and kept there until they can see that what they’re frenetic about today hasn’t occurred.
There’s an old show business saying “Can’t get arrested in this town” . So…Climate Extinction takes that one personally and throws a riot. Congratulations, you’ve arrived. Oh, btw, there’s spinach in your teeth, your zipper’s down and there’s mayo on your chins.
They should know that the NYT’s is one of their biggist propeganda rags they have the Old Grey Hag is as Watermelon(Green on Outside,Red Inside)as they are
NYT … All the news fit to fake .
The NYT is a tree killing monster selling a daily disposable product .
Hypocrites . They should not be allowed to tarnish the States name any longer .
Realistically, the only real emergency is in heads the moronic left. Of all the places in your country to demonstrate… outside their major mouthpiece!!! How ironic.
The Gray Lady’s letterhead seems to upstage the Climate Extinction’s banner. So rude.
Did I just diss Extinction Rebellion? Well excuuuuuse me! I’m bad with names.
Notice how those idiots are lying in the middle of the Street their bodies forming their groups stupid logo