Extinction Rebellion protesters pour fake blood over New York's capitalist bull
by Oliver Milman in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#4S1BM)
Demonstrators were arrested in a wave of US protests that are part of a global week of action by the UK-based group
More than 20 people were arrested by police in New York City's financial district after Extinction Rebellion climate protesters poured fake blood over the famous Charging Bull statue, a symbol of American capitalist might.
The protesters launched a wave of disruptive protests in the city on Monday. A smaller number of arrests were made at a "die in" outside New York's stock exchange, with protesters subsequently blocking a nearby road to traffic.
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