New School Benefit Gets Wild; 15 arrested

So there was a gigantic benefit show for the New School arrestees last night in Bushwick, Brooklyn. As usual the philosophical-politico Manhattanite university crowd turned out, as well as a handful of strictly Brooklyn party types. The half-anarchist half-hipster crowd couldn’t help but appear reminiscent of a certain catastrophic scenario in recent memory. Around 1:30 AM police showed up outside the 210 Cook street building and unplugged the sound system.

More Photos Here

UPDATE:

15 were arrested last night, all but three have been released with non-criminal disorderly conduct charges

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The 800 or so kids from the roof were pushed into a condensed Cook Street where a couple skirmishes broke out between one of the more notably tough New York police precincts and the drunks/anarchists/bystanders from the party.


I didn’t have my camera flash but the photos still look pretty rad. What was I thinking, showing up to a New School event unprepared for a violent encounter with the cops? Now that it’s summer and school’s out, it looks like the anarchists are going to alternate between having benefit shows and being arrested. See all you kids and cops at the next one.



*yawwwwn* Yeah sure, the

*yawwwwn*

Yeah sure, the 90's are THAT way *points with thumb to the back*

Have fun.

get a life you aging hipster

get a life you aging hipster

Hey, I'm just trying to save

Hey, I'm just trying to save you some trouble, Humpty Dumpty.

i'm raoul vaneigem, i'm

i'm raoul vaneigem, i'm actually him. don't preach to me

*fart* Oh! Excusez moi,

*fart*

Oh! Excusez moi, Signor Vaneigem. C'est la fromage.

I am flatulent in three

I am flatulent in three languages.

That would explain the egg

That would explain the egg shells...

what does this have to do

what does this have to do with the 90s?

Well, I can go right ahead

Well, I can go right ahead and answer your question and we can get into the same old debate, or I can wait for you to put the peices of the puzzle together.

Right now you have "90's" and "humpty dumpty" in the context of activism.

This is an easy puzzle...

Anything that leads to chaos

Anything that leads to chaos is somewhat worthwhile.

Same shit new day is not

Same shit new day is not chaos.
Light travels really really really fast, but guess what?
The darkness was already there!!

"Light travels really really

"Light travels really really really fast, but guess what?
The darkness was already there".......shit i never thought of it like that. i'm afraid i'm going to have to quote ya on that...cheers

I was raised by a cup of

I was raised by a cup of coffee.

love these new school

love these new school anarchist threads

Hey, I'm the guy who wrote

Hey, I'm the guy who wrote the original article and took the photos of this. (see: nude crust punk overlooking skyline.)

I published a second article to respond to questions and follow up on all the media attention this story has been getting.

It can be found on my blog also, at this link:
http://wdunleavy.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/brutal-cops-broken-cameras-and-pee-in-the-stairwell-more-on-the-new-school-benefit-show/

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