Kensington Welfare Rights Union organized Monday's massive afternoon march which followed Still We Rise's morning march. The march followed a 4pm rally at the U.N. and carried on to the 'Protest Zone' near Madison Square Garden. Putting the wheelchair bound and children first, contrary to the priorities of the present administration, thousands reached Madison Square Garden after dusk. The ending rally portion was cut off however due to an incident involving plainsclothes officers charging motorscooters into the middle of the march via a side intersection. Protesters were injured and twelve arrested. Responding to the police aggression, one person knocked an officer off his scooter and kicked him unconscious. Despite including footage of the police aggression, NYC corporate media focused on the angered citizen in their newsreport.

The following images, however, focus on members of Kensington Welfare Rights Union's coalition Poor People's Campaign for Economic Human Rights. Part of this campaign is the March for our Lives. Poor people activists are presently staying in a Bushville hosted by a benevolent church, after a brief stint at Central Park, in which four were arrested.

Unlike the corporate media which looks for one-liner headline shots, I strived to show more humanity and the inherent dignity.

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