Protest in Bay Ridge (Known But Not Announced)
Yesterday barricades were dropped off on 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue too. No one announced a protest or closed streets for today.
Why isn’t Senator Andrew Gounardes sharing this information with the community instead of playing on Twitter talking about George Santos? (See here)
People gathered on Bay Ridge Avenue for the Pro-Palestine rally protest and headed down to 19th Avenue. There are police officers on all over the area.
They have the right to protest and these protests in our community have been predominantly peaceful.
Bay Ridge Cinemas shared these photos of the the diverse group of people protesting:
Residents have the right to know what is happening in their community.
Everyone should have been made aware what streets were being used for the protest, so they know where there is going to be traffic problems and they can plan ahead. It shouldn’t be that just the politician’s staff and family know what’s going on.
On Saturday night, the police were still on 5th Avenue after the protest. Many people were worried that there was a robbery on 5th Avenue so they avoided 5th Avenue. Meaning: businesses on 5th had less customers.
If information was shared, people wouldn’t have been worried.
Hugs,
marlene
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