XR NYC DISRUPTS WALL STREET
October 7, 2019
Media Coverage
Climate Change Protests: With Fake Blood, Extinction Rebellion Hits N.Y.
New York Times
"Tourists and workers on Wall Street on Monday were met by a jarring spectacle: protesters, some lying in pools of fake blood outside the New York Stock Exchange, some dancing and others chanting, all to call attention to people killed by climate-related disease and disaster."
Climate change protesters douse Wall Street bull in fake blood
NY Post
"Dozens of protesters were arrested Monday morning for dousing lower Manhattan’s “Charging Bull” statue with fake blood as part of a climate-change demonstration."
Extinction Rebellion protesters pour fake blood over New York's capitalist bull
The Guardian
"More than 20 people were arrested by police in New York City’s financial district after Extinction Rebellion climate protesters poured fake blood over the famous Charging Bull statue, a symbol of American capitalist might."