World Economic Forum Protesters Arrested after Animal Rights Protests Gets Out of Hand

Numerous protesters were arrested in New York City this week after a violent protest march that began with a rally held by the Coalition for Earth and Animal Liberation.

A protest that began with just over a dozen people quickly grew to more than 100 people. The protesters marched through the city followed by police officers.

The march stopped at an high-rise apartment building on East 76th Street. The protesters apparently believed that the CEO of a company that has provided financing for Huntingdon Life Sciences lived in the building.

Some of the protesters smashed windows and splattered red paint and chicken bones on the building. Police arrested three protesters near the building. Police later arrested 60 more people after the remaining protesters continued marching and ended up obstructing traffic on Third Avenue.

Sources:

Forum in New York: Protests; A little violence and lots of police equal 150 arrests. Dan Barry, The New York Times, February 4, 2002.

NAB 154 in Forum Protests; Dissent turns ugly on eve of summit sendoff. Tamer El-Ghobashy, Ralph R. Ortega, and Bill Hutchinson, New York Daily News, February 4, 2002.

Anti-globalisation demonstrations. Holly Yeager, The Financial Times (London), February 5, 2002.

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