Atlantic Yards Protesters Handcuff Themselves to Freddy's Bar

Last month New York's top court ruled that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties to make way for developer Bruce Ratner's embattled Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. One victim of this ruling is Freddy's Bar & Backroom on Dean Street; the place is known for its monthly diorama competitions and was named one of the best bars in America by Esquire magazine in 2006. In a noble attempt to save Freddy's from the wrecking ball, on Sunday afternoon patrons drank beer while handcuffed to the bar for about an hour. Your move, Ratner.

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By John Del Signore in News on December 21, 2009 11:12 AM

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potsmoker

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ill let you lick my left nut, thats how brave i am,

your a spineless coward, let me guess youll kick my ass if we only meet in person,

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potsmoker

a symbolic "gesture"

i admire those guys,

just the headline sounds like a sit in protest occupation which is was NOT.

if i owned there, id play along sing the songs and chant the chants, until i was offered the actual highest buyout price on the backs and works of the other holdouts who are already getting less that their actual mortgages, saying so long suckers!