So I went for post-work meeting drinks at Trinity Place last night and left about 8:40. Tried briefly to get to the J/Z at Wall Street, but ran into an immovable group of people at the corner shown in the video. Everybody was tense because the cops put up metal barricades and stopped people from freely crossing Broadway. The officers were gruff in telling me where to go until they looked at me and, completely based on my work clothes, suggested I go around the back of the crowd. Rather than walk out of my way, I decided to cut through Zuccotti Park up to Fulton, instead. Less than 5 minutes later, this. 

It’s difficult to not vent rage on both sides lately. I pretty much live [physically and ideologically] in the middle of this mess. Grr.