Someone dressed in a Spider-Man costume showed up at New York City’s “Occupy City Hall” protest Tuesday with a stack of pizzas and encouraged the crowd to have a dialogue with people they disagree with.
New York City’s “Occupy City Hall” protesters have taken over a block of the street in front of in City Hall and are demanding that city council votes to cut the NYPD’s budget by at least $1 billion. The city council is set to vote on the budget Tuesday.
Calls from activists to defund the police escalated following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police custody. Protests spread nationwide after Floyd died May 25, some of which escalated into violent riots.
Protesters began infighting over various issues Tuesday morning after a group tried to expand the occupied zone. Reporters were harassed while trying to film the crowd, despite being a public area.
Spider-man said he would be at the protest for the rest of the day.