The front of Monday's protest (Image: FloodWallStreet)
Protesters encounter traffic on Broadway (Photo by Lucy Teitler)
NYPD community affairs officer Rick Lee, aka "the hipster cop." Image: Lucy Teitler
The "carbon bubble" before being popped by the police. Image: Lucy Teitler
Protestors waving to middle school students. (Image: Alex Pasternack)
Lawyers in identical hats stand around waiting for the march to begin. They confirmed that about 100 people were arrested in total. Image: Lucy Teitler
On the southern end of Broadway looking south. Image: Lucy Teitler
A security guard at one building (Image: Alex Pasternack)
Looking north up Broadway at the protest. Image: Alex Pasternack
2. The police popped the "carbon bubble" with the horns of the Bull.Four people in wheelchairs last group arrested at #FloodWallStreet First in line had his fist raised. pic.twitter.com/N9NhElhaQK
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) September 23, 2014
3. A polar bear was arrested.Brief drama as Wall Street bull involuntarily gores protesters' large "carbon bubble" #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/fMINDeb9QS
— Adam Gabbatt (@adamgabbatt) September 22, 2014
One of the lessons to be drawn from Occupy was that, in the rush of "direct action," it's not easy to know what ideas and tactics are going to take hold and become important. During the months when protesters were occupying public spaces all over the country and the world, the main criticism directed at them was that they hadn't defined their message. When it was over, everyone remembered the phrase "We are the 99 percent." That slogan put income inequality on the map and fundamentally changed the language Americans use to think about class. If they accomplished nothing else, the past two days have demonstrated that an urgent effort to do the same for the climate is well underway.And thus the iconic #FloodWallStreet photo has arrived. RT @jordanmammo: Police have arrested the polar bear pic.twitter.com/9rju9lVSo4
— Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) September 22, 2014