Ithaca’s Ferguson Protest, Review Correspondent Twice Nearly Assaulted
What began as a peaceful vigil on Tuesday evening for Michael Brown quickly devolved into a confrontational, cacophonous protest after familiar faces Kat Yang-Stevens, Amanda Lickers, and company showed up. Using their professional protesting expertise, they rallied up most of the vigil attendees into joining them in taking over two street intersections, challenging policemen and drivers, and in cursing out media types, including your correspondent.
One woman–who identified herself as the sister of the late Shawn Greenwood--swiped at my camera, and Yang-Stevens later hit me with her cardboard sign.
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OK- I wasn’t actually assaulted, but they certainly weren’t friendly.
