Best march ever

Seriously, you guys. So good. There was a rally in Union Square in support of students arrested earlier in the day - students who had been occupying one of the campus buildings, in a protest relating to this and this and this. The rally turned into an impromptu march, during which people used the barricades that the police had conveniently left behind earlier in the day, to block off 14th street. And then 6th avenue, 11th street, 6th avenue again, 12th street, 5th avenue, etc. The thing is, marches are usually permit-sanctioned, slow-moving, low-energy, daytime events of flag-waving and chanting in unison, which is why last night was so comical - a hundred irritated, able-bodied 20-somethings speed-walking around the Village, up one street and down another, yelling outside of Bob Kerry's house for a while, covering a tremendous amount of ground, and then, having made their point, dispersing again, at which point the police were only finally scrambling their squad cars and blocking off the area. "It's okay, guys, we're done. Going for a glass of wine and some fries."

Video from the arrests earlier in the day:



Video of the rally and march: