'Set that f***in' tree on fire!’ Protesters plan to 'shut down' Rockefeller Center tree lighting

Judging from the #SHUTITDOWN hashtag, it looks like the plan is to protest/shutdown the Rockefeller Tree lighting tonight. #EricGarner

— Jim Dalrymple II (@JimDalrympleII) December 3, 2014

NYC, do NOT disappoint us. GET. IN. THE. STREETS. Tonight! #ShutItDown Rockefeller Tree Lighting. #SHUTITDOWN

— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) December 3, 2014

@NGabesWorld @arimckee @NYPDCommAffairs They gonna hear us tonight though. Rockefeller Ctr. Tree Lighting #SHUTITDOWN #JusticeforEricGarner

— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) December 3, 2014

I hope protesters successfully block the tree lighting tonight. It would be a fitting and bold direct action. #ShutItDown

— Sarah Marian Seltzer (@sarahmseltzer) December 3, 2014

#ShutItDown Rockefeller tree lighting… #EricGarner #NoJusticeNoPeace

— David (@STLien314) December 3, 2014

Gotta make it real uncomfortable for folks at that tree lighting in NYC tonight. #ShutItDown

— Boo Radley (@ClauGasol) December 3, 2014

@akacharleswade stop the tree lighting #ShutItDown

— DogLovers4Dems (@Donna_West) December 3, 2014

NYC, do NOT disappoint us. GET. IN. THE. STREETS. Tonight! #ShutItDown Rockefeller Tree Lighting. #SHUTITDOWN

— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) December 3, 2014

Shut down the Rockefella Tree Lighting Tonight #shutitdown #EricGarner

— Heyyymimi_ (@HeyyyMimi_) December 3, 2014

@wesleymuhamma #BlackLivesMatter #ShutItDown Somebody is Lighting a XMas Tree 2nite and it seems they just Invited me pic.twitter.com/AV8HVMKVjt

— Divine Justice (@FRICTION456) December 3, 2014

UPDATE: Don't listen to the rumors, the lighting of the Christmas Tree is ON. I repeat it is NOT canceled.BE AT ROCKEFELLER before SUNDOWN

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 3, 2014

I love the tree lighting at The Rockefeller Center. But FUCK THAT this year. I hope somebody tries to set that bitch on fire.

— Slum Beautiful (@TheJazzyBelle) December 3, 2014

@TheJazzyBelle Burn that tree down! Season's Greetings motherfuckers! #ShutItDown

— SJ (@Jetset636) December 3, 2014

I hope they set that Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree on fire! #EricGarner #ShutItDown

— Lulu (@woeislulu) December 3, 2014

Hope they set that damn tree on fire. Fuck your pagan holidays. Innocent lives are being taken without consequences.

— Scruffy Combs (@NaptownStar_) December 3, 2014

New York gotta burn that tree down

— Da Bearded Fat Boy (@5EarthQUakE) December 3, 2014

@ShaunKing @Crislex That tree better fuckin burn

— MattyK (@OhMatt1) December 3, 2014

BURN THE FUCKER DOWN RT @desusnice: #FUCKTHATTREE RT @USATODAY The Rockefeller Christmas tree, which will be lit tonight, is a Norway spruce

— Jigga (@interlucid) December 3, 2014

They should set that fuckin tree in fire!!! As soon as the lights go on!!!

— PrettyP (@Sex_in_Paris) December 3, 2014

Light the God damn tree on fire. Burn this godforsaken city to ashes for all I care

— bob from accounting (@yung_sunwukong) December 3, 2014

I hope they set that tree on fire

— kev (@stunningbae) December 3, 2014

Some are worried that the NYC tree lighting may be disrupted by protestors. I hope protestors light the damn tree on FIRE. #EricGarner

— franklin harrison (@queerly_bel0ved) December 3, 2014

PLEASE LIGHT THE NYC CHRISTMAS TREE ON FIRE THAT WILL BE ICONIC

— ♚ROßßIE♚ (@iFUseeCKme) December 3, 2014

Set that tree on fire.

— blessed af (@izvanessa) December 3, 2014

I hope someone sets the Rockefeller tree on fire

— BallisLifedout (@Blvckedout) December 3, 2014

& they planned on lighting the christmas tree tonight. New Yorkers gone set that shit on fire

— Warr Gee (@TrussMEonThis) December 3, 2014

Black folks in NYC should light that Christmas tree on fire to reflect how this holiday season is for us.

— Mike D. (@MDXIXXCI) December 3, 2014

Set it on fire RT @USATODAY: The Rockefeller Christmas tree, which will be lit tonight. http://t.co/yFOBgMNly0 pic.twitter.com/UDiCCM23HB”

— Big Shawn (@BigPauper) December 3, 2014

I HOPE THEY SET THAT DAMN TREE ON FIRE IN PROTEST

— cc lewinsky (@literalporn) December 3, 2014

Somebody light that tree in NYC on fire though

— Dec. 6th (@1800deeznuts) December 3, 2014

I hope they set that fucking tree on fire

— Shae (@Kashankashae) December 3, 2014

SOMEBODY GOTTA SET THE TREE ON FIRE

— Bob Frm Accounting (@KINGPOM_FUCKYOU) December 3, 2014

I really pray to God they light that tree on fire if they turn on them damn lights. In the words of Mike Brown's stepdad "Burn it DOWN."

— Voodoo. (@tinaKmusic) December 3, 2014

Light the tree on fire. Fuck it.

— Trail Naughton Jr. (@__Trail__) December 3, 2014

?RT @TheKingLesbian: How pissed will white people be if they set that tree on fire? Lmao I hope they do.

— vanessa (@XoxoNessa_14) December 3, 2014

They need to set FIRE to it. RT @Missinfo: seriously tho, fuck that tree. Barely ever, but definitely today. RT @desusnice: #fuckthattree

— The Pro™ aka G (@The_Pro) December 3, 2014

Um. Yeah. RT @MaraGay: Mayor cancels appearance at the Rockefeller tree ceremony tonight.

— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) December 3, 2014

Proflies in Courage RT @lizcgoodwin: Mayor DeBlasio is no longer going to the tree lighting ceremony tonight

— Montaignejns (@Montaignejns) December 3, 2014

NEW: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio cancels bill signing…will NOT attend Rockefeller Center tree lighting..holding presser in SI at 4:45p

— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) December 3, 2014