DoomsdaysCW<p>20 arrests made during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> outside <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BankOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BankOfAmerica</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BryantPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BryantPark</span></a></p><p>By Eyewitness News WABC Tuesday, September 19, 2023 </p><p>"At least 20 people were arrested during a climate change protest outside Bank of America on Tuesday.</p><p>"Police said 11 women and nine men were charged with civil disobedience and most are expected to be processed and released.</p><p>"Critics say that the bank is the third largest financier of fossil fuels.</p><p>"On Monday more than 100 people were arrested on Wall Street during a climate change demonstration and protest.</p><p>"A total of 114 protesters were arrested and taken into custody in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowerManhattan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowerManhattan</span></a>. Those arrested were charged with civil disobedience.</p><p>"Despite the arrests, the group is promising more activism this week during the U.N. General Assembly.</p><p>"'This is our last resort,' said Alicé Nascimento of New York Communities for Change. 'We're bringing the crisis to their doorstep and this is what it looks like.'</p><p>"The aim of the protesters is to demand an end to fossil fuel financing.</p><p>"On Sunday, yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters took to the Upper East Side in a march.</p><p>"Organizers estimated 75,000 people marched Sunday."</p><p><a href="https://abc7ny.com/climate-change-protest-bank-of-america-fossil-fuel-bryant-park/13799692/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abc7ny.com/climate-change-prot</span><span class="invisible">est-bank-of-america-fossil-fuel-bryant-park/13799692/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuelIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>