[UPDATE BELOW] ABC 7 has live helicopter footage of the Tappan Zee Bridge, where a protester is dangling with a large banner. It's not exactly sure what the protester is protesting; the sign says something about ROCKLAND EXECUTIVE LEGISLATURE COVER UP RETALIATION. There's more text beneath that, but we can't quite make it out (possibly something about the NSA'S POISONING OF TINFOIL HATS WITH MKULTRA CHEMICALS). The New City Patch reports that the person is sitting on a rope ladder tied off to a van that is stopped on the center of the bridge, and one lane of traffic has been closed.
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[UPDATE] Protester Hanging From Tappan Zee Bridge With Long, Confusing Sign
Protesters Win Right To Rally In Front Of Bloomie's House
A judge ruled that a group of demonstrators have the right to protest directly in front of Mayor Bloomberg's Upper East Side townhouse. The city initially rejected the protesters' application to rally against school closures and charter schools in front of the Mayor's East 79th Street home, but the demonstrators won the fight in court.
GRL Founder James Powderly Back at Home
With James Powderly & Co. safe at home stateside, details about how he was detained are surfacing. Animal New York reports that "cops busted in Powderly's hotel room 'V for Vendetta style' while he was sleeping and carted him away to the Chong Wen Detention House." The website also notes that while Powderly never even got to L.A.S.E.R. the words "Free Tibet" over there, he managed to get the word out nonetheless--the activists were greeted by a slew of reporters at the airport yesterday. The crew flew in to LAX, five days ahead of time--likely due to U.S. officials pressuring Beijing to release them.
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