Good News: NYPD did not make a move for the Die In protesters in #GrandCentral tonight

[riversedge]

Good News: NYPD did not make a move for the Die In protesters in #GrandCentral tonight (live at http://ustre.am/FIGI )


Keegan Stephan ?@KeeganNYC 1h1 hour ago

Standoff happening between protesters and police in #GrandCentral now. #BlackLivesMatter #PeoplesMonday pic.twitter.com/CZEKInRRuX


Ash J ?@AshAgony 27m27 minutes ago

Choke-in protest surrounding die-in protest in Grand Central #NYC! #BlackLivesMatter #ThisStopsToday #ShutItDown

https://twitter.com/AshAgony/status/554789362165358592/photo/1

[riversedge]

1. Die-in protected by circle of protesters doing choke-in b/n demo & police. #GrandCentral now.

Keegan Stephan ?@KeeganNYC

Die-in protected by circle of protesters doing choke-in b/n demo & police. #GrandCentral now. #BlackLivesMatter

[riversedge]

2. #BlackLivesMatter protest now singing #ICantBreathe song & marching around Grand Central

Ash J ?@AshAgony 23m23 minutes ago

#BlackLivesMatter protest now singing #ICantBreathe song & marching around Grand Central #NYC! #ThisStopsToday

[RobertEarl]

3. I like this new style of police

Looks like our protests have had a huge and positive impact on the knuckleheads.

[riversedge]

4. Huge police presence at #GrandCentral.

Nastaran ?@NasMohit 35m35 minutes ago

Huge police presence at #GrandCentral. #BlackLivesMatter protestors continue die-in and moment of silence.

[riversedge]

6. LIVE stream.....

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57485294

[LiberalElite]

5. This is interesting for another reason -

the MTA banned the "die ins" last week: http://gothamist.com/2015/01/07/grand_central_mta_die_in.php

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The MTA has decided to put the kibosh on "die-ins" at Grand Central Terminal, claiming that two protesters became aggressive with officers during yesterday's event.

The die-ins, in which protesters splay across the floor to draw attention to recent police killing of unarmed civilians, have been almost a nightly occurrence at Grand Central since last month, when a grand jury failed to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner. According to MTA spokesperson Adam Lisberg, the decision to ban them came after two protesters—Reverend Billy and Marc Train—allegedly "put their hands on the arms of police commanders to try to stop them from doing their jobs."
-snip-

[riversedge]

7. Seems the NYPD had LARGE presence but just watched...

[riversedge]

8. Sign at Grand Central #NYC protest!

Ash J ?@AshAgony

Sign at Grand Central #NYC protest! #BlackLivesMatter #ThisStopsToday #ShutItDown #ICantBreathe

[riversedge]

9. Despite @MTA warnings throughout, #GrandCentral die-in lasted full, planned 7 minutes. No arrests.

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Occupy Wall Street ?@OccupyWallStNYC 56m56 minutes ago

Despite @MTA warnings throughout, #GrandCentral die-in lasted full, planned 7 minutes. No arrests. #BlackLivesMatter