“This is self-service history, with no curator and no narrator. Some of the stories call out for follow-up questions, but there is no one to ask them. The results are raw and rough, but demonstrate that, with or without a Terkel, the power of personal narrative, whether on the radio, in a book, on YouTube, or on a Tumblr, can cut through the noise and cynicism of punditry and give shape and texture to our national story.”
(via markcoatney)
Video showing NYPD telling protesters they’ll be arrested if they don’t leave the Brooklyn Bridge.
From the NY Post:
Police released two videos today of a captain warning anti-Wall Street protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge that they will be arrested if they do not leave the road.
“Since you have refused to leave this roadway, I’m ordering your arrest for disorderly conduct,” a captain told a large mob of protestors on the roadway through a megaphone, barely audible. The captain goes on to tell protesters that they will be carried if they refuse to walk, and charged with a misdemeanor.
Click through to see a different officer tell the protesters the same thing.
ICYMI.
You can’t arrest an idea.
Front part of #OccupyWallSt march is at foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Here’s a snapshot. (Taken with instagram)
(via stfuconservatives)
