On Friday in response to a tweet that the group, Radiohead, would be performing at NYPD headquarters, Occupy Wall Street protesters made a not so straight b-line from Zuccotti Park, their ground zero to the headquarters of NYPD.
A large mass of the protesters headed up Broadway and ended up at One Centre Street, the Municipal Building across the street from City Hall Park, which is closed.
Another group of protesters ended up at One St. Andrews Plaza where the Department of Justice is located.
So what is the problem? The space cadets got lost.
NYPD Headquarters is located at One Police Plaza not One Centre Street or One St. Andrews Plaza. See map below.
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NYPD headquarters is only a 12-minute walk from Zuccotti Park but it was apparently far enough for these nimrods to get lost.
Just to show you how clueless these protesters are, the following video is entitled, “Wall Street protesters march to NYPD headquarters.” NOT! The building in the video is not NYPD headquarters. It is One Centre Street, the Municipal Building.
One Centre Street Manhattan Municipal Building
One Police Plaza NYPD Headquarters
Astounding isn’t it that hundreds followed like puppets without question those who are equally clueless.
As it turned out, the tweet was a hoax and the hoax drew a crowd that the Occupy Wall Street protest itself could not.
Would it not have made more sense after receiving the hoax to (i) investigate further and (ii) research the location of NYPD headquarters before strolling off clueless?
Photograph courtesy of Gawker.com
My wife and I live in a small town in Ohio.
We Bible thumping, gun toting rednecks wouldn’t tolerate that behavior for 1 hour.
And, we would have to line up behind the Sheriff.
America, ……what have we become ?
Indeed AFVET,
The media is not covering how most New Yorkers feel about these invaders. They are only covering certain elements of the City.
On any given weekday, Wall Street traffic is a nightmare. By car it will take you 90 minutes to move eight blocks between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
On any given weekday between the hours of 8:45 and 6:30 p.m., the pedestrian traffic is elbow to elbow literally.
I can honestly state that these invaders of my city have at least doubled if not tripled the problem or worse. They are a nuisance and you can bet that downtown businesses and workers are raising hell.
Knowing New Yorkers the way I do, if fights have not broken out yet between the people who work down there and these squatters, they are coming.
Yep, would not be tolerated here either. Police and Mayor be da**ed, the population would not tolerate it. I had never imagined that New Yorkers were this tolerant.
Good morning Nebraska Energy Observer, Hope you had a good weekend.
The media, of course, would present us in another light but I can tell you that while we are for the most part tolerant, this invasion can be best explained by a neighbor of mine who lives and works no where near Wall Street, i.e., “Oh no they didn’t!”
As for the New Yorkers who are directly inconvenienced, made late for work, blocked on their way to and from work, harassed, stuck in traffic because of these Marxists not to mention families who live in that area and whose children are now unable to enjoy Zuccotti Park because of the immoral elements that have taken it over, there is going to be trouble. The question is, will the media report it?
Good Morning, D. Indeed that’s approximately what I would expect from any American, there or here. Pretty tolerant, know all about the right of free assembly but understanding the limits and don’t exceed them.
The media, unfortunately, will report what their masters tell them to. But, we will find out the truth from other sources. And that may be the saddest comment on where our country is, of all.
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