BP Protest Continues Despite Roadblock
By Tankboy in News on Jun 11, 2010 7:20PM
Someone clued in BP or the city about today's planned flash mob protest because when folks arrived at the BP Bridge they found it closed off and under guard by Millennium Park security. We asked the guard who ordered the bridge closed and he said he had no idea, he had simply received the assignment to do so. The plan had been to go onto the bridge and sit down under black umbrellas to show displeasure with BPs handling of its tragic Gulf Oil Spill.
Instead protesters simply gathered at the mouth of the bridge and sat under umbrellas from 12:20 until 12:35. Shouts of "Fuck BP!" were heard from passersby but the protesters remained silent, preferring to take the higher ground.