With slogans bearing the image of the New York Police Department (NYPD), or calling not to resist during a arrest dozens of protesters stationed in front of the New York City Hall, wanted to respond to the many protests against police in recent weeks.
"This is unfair, complains Walter Hillegass, one of the protesters. These people want a world without police, without law; it will turn the Wild West. It is not possible. I have a two year old girl at home and I do not want her to spend his time watch his back if we do not have police, and that is precisely what they want. "
A demonstration against ... and against the symbolic slogan "Black lives matter", meaning "black life account", they opposed "Blue lives matter": "Police Life account."
Facing them, other protesters, denouncing, themselves, police brutality.
"The truth is that when you challenge a slogan like" Black lives matter ", you say you're a white supremacist, it's that simple, says one of them, Rodgrigo Starz. The police department is killing us and they have the audacity to use and resume slogans like that. I think it shows their ignorance, racism. "
"We do not put all the police department in the same bag, shade Diana Leary, a protester. We are against bad cops, wrongful killings against unarmed black. They are accountable. And at this point, they are not held accountable for their actions. "
Since early December, widespread protests denouncing police violence and impunity, following the death of unarmed killed by white officers blacks, including Ferguson, New York and Cleveland.
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