Protesters were thousands-thick in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village when the police moved in with horses and nightsticks.
The tactics were described by a labor leader as “an orgy of brutality” and brought a public outcry demanding that police officials be fired.
This was not a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, or even the riot that erupted in the same park in 1988 as officers charged at protesters.
This head-knocking happened during a demonstration by unemployed workers amid the financial panic of 1873.
New York has long been one of the biggest stages for protest in the United States, with a vocal, sometimes volatile populace and a rich tradition of dissent.
Persons:
”
Locations:
Tompkins Square, Manhattan’s East, New York, United States