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A group of climate change protesters doused Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” statue with a substance meant to look like blood on Monday
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Their message: the financial community has “blood on its hands;” 26 people were arrested
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Video from the scene showed the protest group staging a die-in around the bull, holding tombstones and “blood”-spattered fake money
A group of climate change protesters doused Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” statue with a substance meant to look like blood on Monday, saying the financial community has “blood on its hands.”
Police arrested 26 protesters. Professional cleaners were brought in to power-wash the bull and remove the mix of corn syrup and red dye.
Video from the scene showed the protest group staging a die-in around the bull, holding tombstones and “blood”-spattered fake money.
One of the demonstrators from the group Extinction Rebellion mounted the iconic statue, waving the movement’s flag.
Source : Nbcnewyork
