Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Woman documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
That same woman again, documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man with family documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man and two women documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Woman documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man on high documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Officer observing, man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Women documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man and woman, who was trying to hide behind him, documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Woman documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Woman documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Men and Women documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Young men documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
Man documenting the May Day March long 2nd Avenue
The NYC Marathon brings the best out of New Yorkers, who cheer on passing strangers toward what they're striving for. The May Day march brings out the opposite sentiments towards those strangers.
I heard myriad murmured complaints about the marchers (scum, thugs, liberals) and the causes they were championing (stupid, pointless, useless), but the most frequent was over the inconveniences that an exercise in civil disobedience inflicts upon an evening commute – and on a Friday!
Some people made the best of it. Many folks were out just to take photos and video. I spotted a few Facetimers® out there too. I was just one of hundreds of people with a camera along the march route.