WATCH: Protest For Bradley Manning, NYC City Hall
7:21 am in Uncategorized by Brian Sonenstein
On April 7th, I attended a rally for Bradley Manning on the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan.
According to the press release (see below), “The Rally for Information Freedom,” was sponsored by a coalition of groups, journalists, lawyers and activists all deeply concerned with the actions of our government and the relative media silence that has since followed.
I was able to take a few pictures and some footage of the protestors and speakers. There was a pretty good turn out; I’d estimate about 50 or so people showed up, many of them filming and snapping pictures as well.
And here are a few videos of some of the speakers in attendance (apologies for my shaky camera work, I was trying to snap photos at the same time!):
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