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The New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon

58 Arrested, Communists Stop Traffic, Take over bridge

The New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon

Pat Dixon

Cops, Newyorkcitycrimereport, Criminals, Crime, News, Nypd, Police, Order, Nyc, Law, Newyorkcity, Legal, True Crime, Sharpton, Court, Lawandorder, News Commentary, Patdixon

4.2831 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Anti-Cop protesters flooded Harlem streets demanding free subway service in the wake of an NYPD fair evasion crackdown. 58 were arrested. Chanting "fukk the police" and "fare free NYC," the marchers carried signs along 125th St. before hanging a left uptown on 3rd Ave. to stop traffic and take over the 3rd Ave. Bridge.

Fact-checka Chris from Crime Report joins

Transcript

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0:00.0

From the smallest room in New York City comes a show that gives you a reason to live.

0:04.0

What you fucking die for all?

0:06.0

Another weekend, another anti-cop demonstration disguises a protest of the fair evasion crackdown.

0:12.0

This time there were some arrests, I'll tell you how many in two seconds.

0:16.0

58 arrest!

0:18.0

58! The action kicked off about half past the whistle blue in Harlem.

0:23.1

Soon after the crowd swelled to about 200 people.

0:26.0

According to the post, the demonstration was called to protest.

0:28.8

Governor Cuomo's Cuomo is announced intention to add 500 police officers to patrol the subway.

0:36.5

They're protesting, adding cops to the subway, you see.

0:41.1

Besides that, you know, all it took were a few overhyped arrest, you know, which came out on video.

0:48.2

So, you see, that was part of it, too. People are tired of seeing the police do their job on video.

0:56.6

It's just too much. Now, the chanting went up from 125th Street, fair free NYC. And as marchers neared Malcolm X Boulevard, they all

1:04.6

joined in a chorus of fuck the police. Some carried signs that read NYPD out of the subway signs saying that they took a left and they marched

1:14.2

uptown towards the boogie down b now don't assume you'll be able to avoid all this because i know you do

1:20.9

assume that new york city day by day we read and talk about these things usually chances are we're

1:27.2

not going to be close to

1:28.2

where they occur. Well, the sort of protesters we have here, I promise you, they're not going

1:33.4

to sit in Sakati Park and play hacky sack until the authorities come with a broom. These protesters,

1:39.5

they're not narrowly focused. This isn't about paying for a metro card or riding free.

1:43.8

The subway has been more than some people want to pay since the minute it opened,

1:48.8

115 years ago, October 27th, 19047 p.m. That's your history. But this isn't about some kid

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