Captured on film. 55 yrs ago on April 9th police used excessive to stop protest in Washington Square

[snagglepuss]

I thought of this as people by the thousands gathered to hear Bernie. This is before hippies. It's just people who wanted to sing together.


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For years, weekend folksinging has been a tradition in Washington Square Park, in New York City's Greenwich village. But in the spring of 1961 the City rescinded its customary permit for singing in the park. This triggered a protest demonstration on Sunday, April 9th of that year, which was put down with excessive force by the NYPD but eventually resulted in the City backing down and reinstating the permit.

SUNDAY is a 17-minute, impressionistic documentary about the events of that day. It garnered nine international awards shortly after its initial release, and has been widely honored as the first social-protest film of the 1960s,

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[Donkees]

1. Cop: "I'm tawkin to one poyson!"

[leftcoastmountains]

2. I was too young in the 60s to be aware of this.

thank you so much. Interesting film!

[Kittycat]

3. Now they just

Pound people down with clubs and pepper spray, and don't think twice about it. How stunning though to arrest people over something as simple as singing.

[tk2kewl]

4. FUCK

some things never change