The eco-nut-jobs from Extinction Rebellion decided to mark Earth Day by painting the famous Charging Bull statue in Manhattan’s Financial District with vivid green paint.
These inane anti-capitalist cultist activists painted the phrase “Greed = Death” and their group’s emblem on the bronze sculpture, which is a well-known symbol of Wall Street and the surging stock market.
“Good morning from the resistance. We came to Wall Street to call out the bulls—,” the activist group said on social media site X. “Bulls— told by the 1% who gamble with our futures. Bulls– to bailouts for those who wrecked our economy.”One protester, who climbed up and sat on the neck of the bull, was told to dismount by a New York City police officer.Later Tuesday, the group of activists cleaned the green paint off the bull after their demonstration.
It seems these protesters take American cops more seriously than they do with the police in other countries. They swiftly wiped it all off when they spotted cops nearby.
But as a handful of cops casually stood by, the easily-spooked vandals scrubbed down the front and sides of the bull, attempting to erase any evidence of the graffiti, video shows.The group said in a press release that the brazen vandalism was part of their attempt to “call out Wall Street’s bulls–t.”No one was arrested, police said.
Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica created the bull. Modica intended the sculpture to symbolize the resilience, strength, and optimism of Americans and the financial markets after the 1987 crash.
Di Modica paid $360,000 of his own money in order to build Charging Bull. His goal was to inspire people to carry on through hard times and celebrate the perseverance of the American business professional. The bull was chosen to represent the “bull” (or rising) market and thriving economy — something everybody was fighting for after the crash….The hefty sculpture weighs over 7,000 pounds and stands 11 feet tall. When the time came to display his grand artwork, Di Modica drove the bull into Manhattan on the back of a flatbed truck and illegally (guerilla-art style) placed the sculpture outside the New York Stock Exchange.The date was Dec. 15, 1989, right in the middle of the holiday season. Di Modica thought the bull would fit perfectly under the giant Christmas Tree on Broad Street as a kind of gift to New Yorkers.
The police quickly removed the bull due to the lack of permits. Still, after significant public support, the New York City Parks Department reinstalled it at its current location near Bowling Green a week later, where it remains today.
Legal Insurrection readers may recall the 2017 drama of Fearless Girl, sculpted by Kristen Visbal and installed just before International Women’s Day. The statue depicts a young girl standing defiantly with her hands on her hips, facing the bull. Supposedly, it was meant to promote gender diversity in corporate leadership and referenced SSGA’s “SHE” index fund.
Extinction Rebellion also targeted Tesla’s showroom in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, spray-painting graffiti on its windows as a protest against CEO Elon Musk’s involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The activists used bright red and green paint to write slogans such as “F— DOGE” and “do not consent,” and drew red lines through DOGE symbols.
Two of these loons were arrested.
Several DOGE signs were also coated onto several windows with red lines crossing through each of them – similar to a “no” or “prohibited” symbol. The showroom is located in Manhattan’s Meat Packing District, between Washington Street and W 13th Street, and people could be seen inside at the time.The group appeared to belong to the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion, which has been known to overtake public spaces, cause disruptions and deface public buildings. The group claims to use non-violent civil disobedience to protest against political inaction over what they believe is man-made climate change.The two climate vandals were arrested when police arrived on the scene. The younger man was wearing a pink t-shirt with the words “Climate Change = Mass Murder” inscribed on the back of his top.
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