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Jeff
12-24-2014, 06:46 AM
Yes the natives are restless once again, even with Christmas here they took to the streets because as one put it " we are protesting tonight because the mayor said not to " Sound like great people !! Yes even the Mayor realized how tasteless this would be as they have two dead police officers waiting to be buried, these folks aren't going to stop due to good sense, force will be needed to bring order back to this country !!



Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of New York City Tuesday night, defying a call by Mayor Bill de Blasio for a moratorium on demonstrations until two NYPD officers killed Saturday could be laid to rest.
The New York Post reported that over a thousand activists marched through one of midtown Manhattan's most prominent shopping districts two nights before Christmas. The march began at 5th and 59th Street and headed south to 53rd Street before turning north. Marchers told the paper they planned to end with a protest at a precinct in East Harlem.
Some of the activists turned their fury on de Blasio, who was elected mayor last year on a platform of reforming the city's police force, including ending the controversial so-called "stop and frisk" tactic.
"The mayor says stop that, we say [expletive] that!" yelled activists, while jumping in place.
"We're protesting tonight, because the mayor specifically said not to," 25-year-old Tarik Grand, of Brooklyn told the Post. "They asked for a moment of silence for the cops, but not for [Eric] Garne


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/24/protesters-flood-new-york-city-streets-despite-mayor-call-for-moratorium/