Posted on 11/07/2011 10:20:11 AM PST by Cowman
A man protesting a local New York county government has been spotted dangling from the Tappan Zee Bridge, a major NYC commuter bridge.
The bridge hovers above the Hudson River connecting Rockland and Westchester County near New York City. The protester appears to hanging from the bridge over the river suspended by a rope ladder and holding a blue banner which appears to read “Rockland Executive Legislative Coverup Retaliation” and other messages that we are not able to determine at this time. The LoHud.com writes that the sign is possibly expressing anger toward County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef.
WABC-TV has live video of the ongoing incident.
Four boats are below the protester and two helicopters appear to be flying above as police are arriving at the scene to talk to the demonstrator. Traffic is backed up along the New York state Thruway for miles through Rockland County.
CBS New York reports that the incident apparently began shortly before 11:00a.m.
A spokesman for the Rockland County executive, C. Scott Vanderhoef, tells NBC New York “we don’t know who he is… we hope he comes down and tells the county executive or the legislature what is of concern to him.”
The local Nyack-Piermont Patch alleges some detailed information on the protester:
“The man hanging off the Tappan Zee Bridge is Michael Davitt, a Rockland County resident who has appeared at several county council meetings alleging that he had wrongfully lost his job with the county, according to Rockland County Sheriff James Kralik.
Davitt, of West Haverstraw, has for the past several years conducted one-man protests in front of the Rockland County Office Building in New City and has repeated spoken before sessions of the Rockland County Legislature. Kralik described Davitt‘s comments to the Legislature as ’somewhat threatening‘ and related to the loss of his job at the county’s health complex in Pomona”
Pure insanity just to get attention.
Let there be any sort of protest and the weirdos come out. Is he also nekkid or painted blue?
Occupy Stupidity
Great career move, there, Mike. Now they’ll be sorry they fired you.
Actually, I was wondering if that banner was actually a cape.
BTW If NYC is the center of protesting these days why the TZB? I thought it was built where it was so that it would be far enough away from NYC so that the Port Authority couldn't screw things up
Occupy TappanZee!
So why is the rope not cut?
This is an easy one to fix.
Cut him down, watch him bounce, roll his corpse to one side, and let the traffic flow.
Obstructing traffic like this SHOULD be a capital offense.
Well, at least the banner didn’t read: TURK 182
Supposedly, he was a drug abuse counselor for Rockland County NY and he retired on disability this year.
Here guys - this is how you handle your problems, put down the drugs and get a rope.
It’s only 138 feet to the river. He might survive. Now the Verrazzano, that’s a fall.
If his claimed disability was a mental defect, he may just be trying to bolster his case.
Wouldn’t it be a shame if that rope ladder broke? Not!
No one needs to spend any money on tickets for the circus as long as these clowns are around!!!
“The bridge hovers above the Hudson River”
The writer/editor has to be a dem.
Bridges do not “hover” above rivers. - They span them.
PINATA! ;-P
Law breaking for these protestors stops at the law of gravity. “Stupid should hurt” also may apply to this one.
When I was a kid, EVERYBODY carried a Swiss army knife...
I don’t see why anyone should lift a finger here.
This problem, left alone, will solve itself.
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