Who knew Iraq War protests were scheduled for Saturday? DAILYHEIGHTS stumbled upon a small group of protesters readying cardboard coffins and fighting off freelance reporters. PICTURED: This skit portrayed military recruiters as skull-faced merchants of death—a tactful soft-sell that surely changed a lot of minds (see also: “How to Initiate Meaningful Political Dialogue by Comparing Bush to Hitler”).
The protesters, including this money-denouncing youngster, marched to the Army, Navy and Marine recruitment office at 41 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, where Frank Lynch stayed at least long enough to capture this phalanx of NYPD riot police:
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The New York Post (which dedicated a whopping 123 words to protest coverage) pinned the number of marchers at 200. According to this Daily News article, 3 men and 5 women got arrested at the Flatbush Ave. recruiting station.