Thousands in Central Park?

[VolcanoJen]

http://legitgov.org/

Latest Dispatch:

Report: Sunday, 3:45 PM. We are at the Great Lawn at Central Park with thousands of others who are more than annoyed at Bush and the Neocons. A shouting match broke out with some few supporters of Bush. Such shouting matches attract the media, although they ignore what the tens of thousands of protesters say otherwise. They are looking for conflicts and ways to make the protesters look bad. But we are sitting on the lawn holding our signs, proving we can be in Central Park. A huge Fuji blimp is being used by the NYPD and buses are available for use in the events of mass arrests. We are making a huge peace sign out of people now! We are standing being arranged into a gigantic peace sign and are yelling, "What do we want? Peace! When do we want it? Now!" We are shouting "Whose park? Our park! Now the police are moving in on us. Police calling in for reinforcements. The police are definitely moving in now. We are probably with the more radical end of the protests here. We are reciting the non-violent pledge of resistance. Chants of "Four more months! Four more months!" are being repeated. About ten thousand people are still here in the Park, without permit. A stand off is very likely. Stay tuned.

[GimmeDANEger]

1. oh lordy!

What about the grass?!

[VolcanoJen]

2. Similar dispatch from truthout!

http://www.truthout.org/rnc04.shtml

t r u t h o u t | Republican Convention Coverage
By Scott Galindez

Sunday 28 August 2004
3:45PM

We are taking a short break here in the shadow of the Obelisk, just off to the side of the Great Lawn in Central Park. We have been here for an hour to watch what develops. The Mayor's office told the protest organizers they could not use the park, and the protest organizers told the Mayor's office to find the nearest pile of sand and pound it.

Flyers were handed out all along the main march route, telling people to come here to the Lawn. And come they have, by the thousands. The police, who could have (and yet might) made this a messy, frightening affair, have apparently decided to act as though this is just another day in the park.

The people keep coming. This is, after all, their park.

[catmandu57]

3. It looks like reinforcements are on the way

about 1.5 million of them at least.

[laruemtt]

4. pix? n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. And the march isn't even over yet

I think a lot more people are planning to head to the park after they finish marching.

The police said yesterday, they will not try to stop people from going there.

Bloomberg and the GOP just didn't want the protesters to have a big rally with speakers and entertainers.

[nostamj]

6. first i've heard of this

checking ny1 now

[VolcanoJen]

7. The legitgov gang says 10,000 in Central Park...

... and as the marchers reach Union Square, I'm sure thousands more will head to the Great Lawn.

Please let us know what you're hearing locally, nostamj!!

[nostamj]

8. no local coverage yet

maybe they don't want people to know??? I know they had a crew in Union Sq but didn't see any pre-march reporting from Central Park...

will let you know if I hear/see anything...

[salin]

9. Four More Months! I love it!

[AmerDem]

10. CNN says..possiblly a couple hundred!

what an outfit!

[VolcanoJen]

11. Latest Dispatch from t r u t h o u t

t r u t h o u t | Republican Convention Coverage
By Marc Ash

Sunday 28 August 2004
4:19PM

Reporting from the great lawn at Central Park.

Despite the refusal of the city of NY to cooperate, thousands of peaceful anti war, anti-Bush demonstrators are gathering.

The city has apparently relented and will not move to block the assembly.

They are chanting, "peace train now!"