Civil Disobedience

New York City, East Village, Summer 1996: Mayor Guiliani evicts 13th Street Squatters








The past election got me thinking about the various ways we express our feelings about our government. (On one hand an orderly election, defeat graciously conceded, victory accepted. And on the other hand... )
I lived in the building I took those pictures from for 8 years. I was not a squatter, yet I was treated as if I was a vagrant by the occupying police force and dragged out from the apartment where I paid rent. Luckily I grabbed my camera.

Another article from the squatter perspective: Squat the world.