peaceful protests

"It's absolutely insane that people could be walking down the street asking police to stop killing black people, chanting or peacefully protesting, and they can still have an excuse and a justification to rush us and arrest us for literally doing nothing."

"We’re locked in between walls of police hitting us with batons, hitting us with their bikes, and asking us not to resist."

According to 20-year-old Kira Moyer-Sims, 30 police officers surrounded the car she was sitting in, and later drilled her on her relationship with the movement.

Is Tim Pool a valuable outlet for transparency or a self-promoting "snitch" who has been less than candid about his motives?

From the march's beginning at Washington Square Park, an unusual number of masked protesters along with the heavy scent of booze contributed to a heightened state of volatility.