Though there are no official numbers for Friday night’s #ThankYouNYPD rally, photos and streaming video suggest the event was a bust. Of course, those who attended only to protest the rally had a vested interest in making it look deserted.
Generous estimate that #ThankYouNYPD rally has 90 actual participants, Incl lotsa outside agitators. #BlueLivesMatter to a few racists.
— Copwatch (@Copwatch) December 19, 2014
It 15 minutes until the #ThankYouNYPD protest & there is not a single pro cop supporter in sight pic.twitter.com/DRw5dTxdBu
— Stephanie Keith (@Steffikeith) December 19, 2014
No kidding, this is the extent of the "pro NYPD" #bluelivesmatter probably abt 20 ppl #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/qQ6onRJZcw
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/keegannyc/status/546056976204300288
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/546080718699630592
Now about 5 pro cop supporters swarmed by media wearing "I can breathe" t shirts #ThankYouNYPD pic.twitter.com/17lHIUwXQI
— Stephanie Keith (@Steffikeith) December 19, 2014
@Steffikeith @sickjew You can take the cracker out of the plantation, but you can't take the plantation out of the cracker. I can play too!
— Moot the Baked Alaska (@phpress) December 19, 2014
@JooHyun_Kang @mikebrowncover @linkshund of course he can breathe he's white ?
— Finessa Williams (@NyaFuentes) December 19, 2014
@JooHyun_Kang @imraansiddiqi @linkshund Guess I can see showing the shirt, but why give this fuck even half a second of airtime? Smh.
— Casandra (@Casandra_aqui) December 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/ConnorOrton_/status/546066928775995392
@Steffikeith @buell003 Supporters of murder…my…how nice….
— Winyan Staz Wakien? (@WinyanStaz) December 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/EllieRasmussen_/status/546085334807638017
@Steffikeith Infuriating and disgusting at the same time. #ThankYouNYPD
— ?Jingle Balls Vagell? ?????️? (@PrancingPapio) December 19, 2014
Frankly I feel it's shameful for a bunch or white ppl to show up wearing "I can breathe" t-shirts #ThankYouNYPD
— Stephanie Keith (@Steffikeith) December 19, 2014
#ThankYouNYPD is basically a cabal of racists begging municipal, state and federal government to take their rights away for their "safety."
— Stop The Wars (@leftjew) December 20, 2014
So basically, #ThankYouNYPD for proving exactly how hateful and immoral you are as an organization & for exemplifying what's wrong with us.
— Sara Byrella ? #ElMundoConEvo (@umbyrella) December 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/kat_toth/status/546067060233875456
https://twitter.com/anitahitta/status/546113398677962755
By wearing shirts that mock Eric Garner's last words, some #Thankyounypd people have given the game away about their real intentions…
— Great discourse, beautiful discourse (@joemacare) December 20, 2014
…which are to devalue Black lives & demand that cops continue to have the right to kill with impunity, then laugh about it. #Thankyounypd
— Great discourse, beautiful discourse (@joemacare) December 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/KeeganNYC/status/546113530790158336
https://twitter.com/Moreaga/status/546104318366326784
https://twitter.com/Anony_Mia/status/546085676274696192
#bluelivesmatter and #icanbreathe are the most disgusting, pathetic movements i've ever seen. learn how to have some humanity.
— caity has a new acc (@russellhowhard) December 20, 2014
Pro police rally at NYC City Hall park outnumbered by protesters. Angry face offs, cops in the middle. pic.twitter.com/pivwjmXYPA
— Zachary Roth (@zackroth) December 19, 2014
Time for protesters to move on and shut down another bridge or two.
Justice for #RamarleyGraham & anti-#ThankYouNYPD marches have joined and are pushing over the Brooklyn Bridge. pic.twitter.com/8v8e1QjvTj
— #OccupyWallStreet & #CLOSErikers with #NoNewJails (@OccupyWallStNYC) December 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/JamesFTInternet/status/546105392766664704
Protesters have taken the manhattan bound side of manhattan bridge #ThankYouNYPD #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/HX9UVH7Phr
— Shay Horse (@HuntedHorse) December 20, 2014
BREAKING: #Blacklivesmatter protesters shutdown Manhattan Bridge, #nypd scrambles to contain @Ruptly pic.twitter.com/k1Vzrfh56n
— greg jeske (@gregjeske) December 20, 2014
This Philadelphia Inquirer reporter indicates that his city’s pro-police rally was much closer to a success.
Several hundred people gathered at Frankford & Cottman to support Philly police #BlueLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/c5oeNjASbq
— Robert Moran (@RobertMoran215) December 19, 2014
@RobertMoran215 looks like a Klan rally
— Superkick Paulty (@paulbensonsucks) December 20, 2014
Clever.
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