Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates

Disgusting, and un-American.

Nina Khan in New York
Thu 8 Aug 2024 19.13 EDT

Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels

A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York.

John Mark Randal, a former Princeton professor, and Alec Connon, director of the climate nonprofit group Stop the Money Pipeline, were arrested for criminal contempt in the public park at the bank’s global headquarters as the crackdown against nonviolent climate protesters escalates.

Randal was handcuffed and led away to the police vehicle singing “we are not afraid, we are not afraid, we will sing for liberation because we know why we were made”. The crowd of protesters chanted “let him play” and “ shame on you Citibank”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/08/citibank-climate-protest-new-york