Thousands of protesters are on the streets of Manhattan and across the country after the Supreme Court overturns the groundbreaking Law vs. Wade decision that protects women's rights. At least 20 people were arrested after appearing. Right to abortion for almost 50 years.
Washington Square Park was flooded with enthusiastic pro-choice supporters on Friday evening. After that, the crowd went north in Midtown around 9 pm. Stops at Grand Central Station, Times Square and Bryant Park.
One police officer estimated that there were 17,000 people in the crowd. Many were screaming like "My body, my choice" and had signs saying "Keep your law away from my body" and "I have no womb or opinion".
During the march, the crowd stopped by the Newscope building on 6th Avenue, home of Fox News and the New York Post.
"Burning it. Burn it. F–k Tucker Carlson." The crowd shouted outside the News Corp building.
"F-you" They yelled at a pair of guards.
Someone in the crowd spray-painted "F—k Fox" on the sides of the building.
broke the window of the Women's National Republican Club on 51st Avenue and poured an unknown liquid on the floor. The photo shows.
NYPD could not confirm the incident immediately, but the marked police car was parked outside the club.
The crowd ended the Crusaders at Bryant Park, where several were arrested around 11:00 pm. They blocked traffic on 42nd Street and The Avenue of Americaas. The post counted at least 12 individuals detained by police.
They sat cross-legged in the middle of the pedestrian crossing as police officers warned them that they would be arrested and charged with chaotic behavior if they did not leave. In response, three women took off their shirts completely topless.
"Shame. Shame. Shame." Police officers protest The crowd chanted as they wrapped a cable tie around their hands.
After a while, the other two were also arrested.
Several other protesters were seen blocking the M7 bus to Harlem, one climbing up the windshield and twisting. Another protester pretended to fall in front of the bus.
Then dozens of people remained on the street to block traffic, and protesters threw something at the passing police car.
After surrounding the "F–k12" car, a man yelled at the yellow Porsche driver.
While the 18-wheeled vehicle was driving on 6th Avenue, about 4-5 people were seen jumping on the flatbed. After a while, a group of police officers came down and arrested a handful of protesters.
Arrested were a man in a Fox News T-shirt and two tourists from Estonia.
In the park, a woman named Elizabeth of the Socialist Liberation Party speaks in front of the stage, telling the crowd that "the Supreme Court needs to be abolished" and "summer anger."
In Washington, D.C., anothermassive protest at Capitol Hill is almost peaceful, with the exception of the back-and-forth push between protesters and police and the American flag fired on the streets. was. ..
Protesters marched past the DC Court's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, many dressed in black and carrying open black umbrellas, claiming to "burn the grounds to the ground." The group before the march had a large banner stating, "They can't control our body."
"Judge F—k Thomas" They chanted at some point.
The crowd returned to the Supreme Court building without spray painting or property destruction.
According to a post from the Citizens App, protesters hijacked the LA Freeway before being dissolved by police throughout the county in Los Angeles. The video shows a crowd chanting as they march on the freeway. Other rallies were also reported elsewhere in the city.
In downtown Los Angeles, a video ofshows aprotester launching fireworks when he collides with a LAPD police officer.
According to a video by KTLA reporter Andre Tinoco, protesters were seen exchanging shoes with police in tactical equipment at the intersection of Main Street and Fifth Street.
Due to heightened tensions between police and protesters, more police are sprinting towards the intersection.
After a while, the LAFD ambulance arrived at the scene. The area was closed for about an hour before police said it was cleared. "The incident has not been reported," police said.
In Phoenix, people screamed and ran after police officers fired tear gas from inside the Capitol into the crowds in the front yard. Thevideo was
"I was a little scared because I thought they were shooting flares at us," a Phoenix protester told the post. "It all became smoky, it was hard to breathe for a moment. We were literally just yelling at the people inside the building."
Lined in Cedar Rapids, Iowa At a seemingly peaceful rally, after an oral quarrel, a truck struck a pro-choice protester and sent a woman to the hospital. According to
KCRG-TV, she was partially captured by the camera. The video shows that the pickup truck was seen driving at low speed as the two pushed the front hood and ran backwards to avoid being overrun.
In other major US cities such as Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, more than 40 million women are expected to be banned in at least 26 states From getting an abortion. The High Court's decision to uphold Mississippi law, which disagrees with
Roe , does not outlaw abortion, but assigns control to the state government.
