At least two men were arrested in front of the Sixth Street Community Center around 10:00 p.m. after the NYPD responded to a call that bottles and projectiles were being thrown off the building's roof. "The police just came and brutalized two guys who ... »
The NYPD has shut down Tompkins Square ... witnesses report unrest in the neighborhood spilling over from an earlier march today that started at 7 p.m. at Washington Square Park... details still coming in... There are dozens of police officers now on g... »
On Thursday morning, we noted that the lights on the Tompkins Square Park holiday tree were still illuminated... and we said that we hoped they would stay on until July 4. (For no apparent reason.) Uh, well, Thursday night — the lights were off. (Sorry... »
We're getting all sorts of reports about an Occupy Wall Street march currently in the East Village — part of #SolidaritySunday ... We have some reader reports... and are currently following @ChristRobbins from Gothamist who is on the scene... Here are ... »
Yesterday marked the 16th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality ... the peaceful rally/protest started at Union Square ... Bobby Williams picked up the route in Tompkins Square Park... then down East Eighth Street ... Avenue C and Ave... »
Last night, some 50 anti-NYPD protesters, clad all in black to deter identification, marched from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park chanting "NYPD go to hell" (per one tweeter) and, at one point, smashing the windows of a 7-11. Police cars moved in a... »
