Belated Sunday
09/01/04
Central Park. I would have posted these on Sunday, but, well, some stuff came up.
Someone who was with me in jail has a story that's worth reading.
Mtude has shocking photos of people being arrested for the heinous crimes of talking on a cell phone and crossing the street.
I'm honored to be in Eliot's shadow.
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great shots!
~big hello from switzerland.
Posted by: alex at September 2, 2004 06:47 AM
Looking at the pictures--not from your site, but from mtude.com--I really would show abit more editorial restraint in claiming the police had no justification in stopping and arresting some people.
The guys with cardboard and yarn wrapped around their arms on page one? Why are they doing that? That IS quite suspicious? Considering the real threat of people potentially blowing things up, I would have stopped them as well.
And on the top of page two? The woman with a HUGE bulging beige vest? I'd stop her too for the same exact reason!
There's no law technically against doing or wearing items like that. But given the context of a protest. And the context of people wanting to take advantage of the situation to create chaos, I'm happy those people were stopped.
What's funny is while I have no doubt that cops can be aggressive, there is no other perspective on why people were being arrested. The guy crossing the street. The guy on the cellphone. Other than the one editorial voice of the Mtude.com, there is no real perspective from anyone else.
What I find hillariously prejudiced is the very last picture with a caption that reads:
"42nd and 6th. that guy in the pink shirt, as well as several others around him, are clearly not protesters."
What? Why is that? The whole set of pix on Mtude actually starts off with pointing out prejudice against protestors who are black by the cops. So a white guy in a button down shirt is in the crowd and he doesn't look like a typical protestor so he must "clearly" not be a protestor? Where did that assumption come from?
That seems quite prejudiced against people who might not be "anarchists" but still are protesting. Just because you wear a shirt and slacks does not mean you cannot march and protest. Very racist and prejudiced assumption.
Posted by: Dazzle2112 at September 2, 2004 12:21 PM
Mike, I do think your shots from Central Park are great.
Posted by: Dazzle2112 at September 2, 2004 12:38 PM
I am glad for the photo of the guy reading the Times, because it shows that he is keeping up on current events, while the other lazy people in the photos are tanning and stuff.
(Note to sensitive-types: I'm joking.)
Posted by: Caren at September 2, 2004 05:46 PM
TOUCH ME!
Posted by: Dazzle2112 at September 3, 2004 03:50 AM
Wow! Great pics!
Posted by: gooseneck at September 3, 2004 05:06 PM
mike I was wondering....... what kind of camera do you use for your photos? Looking to buy a camera........................
Posted by: rob at September 3, 2004 10:39 PM
Canon S400. It's OK.
Posted by: Mike at September 3, 2004 11:16 PM
ITYM "honored to be in freaking ARTFORUM!" HTH.
:) That's awesome.
Posted by: Joanie at September 4, 2004 04:03 AM
Yeah, that too. :)
Posted by: Mike at September 4, 2004 11:28 AM
Cool site. Nice photos, thanks!! Keep up the good work.
Posted by: chandira at September 4, 2004 02:13 PM
Effing great photos, Mike.
That looks like a really great day. I have some t-shirt shopping to get to, pronto.
(sorry I missed you here, btw. we had family visiting, then visited family. I owe you a burrito and a pitcher of sangria)
Posted by: Jessica at September 5, 2004 12:18 AM
I still have a couple of those elephant T-shirts left. You can purchase one online at http://elsewares.com/rnc
Posted by: John at September 5, 2004 11:42 AM
That guy in the second to last picture looks like Al Gore! (the guy with the I (upside down elephant) NY shirt). Heheh
Posted by: Chris at September 6, 2004 05:03 PM
Stumbled upon your site last year, lost track of it over the summer- these pics are awesome, I would've gladly been there if I weren't stuck in my cornfield hell.
P.S. My dad's a conservative republican and forced me into the young republicans when I was 9. Have pity on them. They might not all know what they're doing. (some of the kids that were in it with me are now some of the most liberal people I know)
Posted by: Sade at September 9, 2004 12:05 PM
Great shots. The Bushocchio one and the "good bush, bad bush" just fantastic.
Posted by: stef at September 17, 2004 04:49 AM
Too bad all the protesters don't hate the radical Islam extremists who who killed 2800 NY'ers as much as they hate Bush. Fucking pathetic self-promoters. At least the guys in the last photo really want peace and not their picture on the cover of the Village Voice.