New York's Grand Central will not block 'die-in' protests over police killings

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

New York's Grand Central will not block 'die-in' protests over police killings

Amanda Holpuch
theguardian.com, Monday 8 December 2014 20.45 GMT

Grand Central Terminal officials will not try to stop “die-in” protests in one of the world’s busiest train stations, a spokesman said on Monday, after a string of evenings in which dozens of people lay on the floor to protest against police killings of African Americans and other minorities.

“We recognize, of course, Grand Central is public space, open to everybody,” said Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metro Transit Authority. “None of the protests that have taken place so far have prevented our railroad customers from using the train station at the terminal for its primary purpose, which is getting to the trains.”

The Grand Central die-ins are part of a national wave of such protests in response to two grand jury decisions within two weeks not to indict white police officers for the deaths of black men.

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“We have no plans to change our policing strategies for Grand Central,” said Donovan.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/08/new-york-grand-central-terminal-die-in-protests

[msanthrope]

1. Kick. nt

[nichomachus]

2. Very smart

They know that trying to stop the protests would cause more disruption than letting them go on. No sense in adding fuel to the fire. All they need is some out of control cop beating the crap out of a peaceful protestor on video and it's off the the races.