PHOTOS: NYC May Day Protests

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The Associated Press
WNYC News | May 1, 2015

About 1,000 people marched in downtown Manhattan at a May Day rally that also has become a protest against police brutality.

Dozens of police officers stood around the perimeter of Union Square Friday evening as demonstrators held signs with such messages as "Disarm the NYPD." They then began marching downtown.

The demonstration was initially planned as a rally to spotlight income inequality and workers' and immigrants' rights.

But participants also are decrying police abuse in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man whose neck was broken in police custody.

New York police have been criticized for what some saw as overly aggressive arrests of over 140 protesters Wednesday.

Police Commissioner William Bratton said Friday that demonstrators should work with, not against, officers.

(All photos by Dave Gershgorn / WNYC) 

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