While things remained relatively calm back in Ferguson tonight, a large group of Michael Brown protestors have gathered in New York City. Thousands of people were involved in the Times Square protest, which was larger than the earlier gathering in Union Square, according to NBC New York. It doesn't look to be as crazy as last night's extracurricular activities, but we still have seen signs of the cops being overzealous—e.g. this vine
NYC, not this.. no. RT @ISwearIAintHit: They're Attacking Us Now!! #NYC #Ferguson https://t.co/GCMzncyLBD ” Lawd.
— 3030 (@jose3030) August 15, 2014
You can see an archive of a live stream that ended at 8:33 p.m. ET:
We also have an aerial view showing how packed Times Square became:
Times Square, NYC shut down. pic.twitter.com/yYm2bJYcMg
— Sandra E. Garcia (@S_Evangelina) August 15, 2014