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‘Bodies on the line’: why climate protesters risked arrest to block BlackRock
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NYPD officers arrested protesters who gathered outside BlackRock headquarters in Manhattan on September 13th, 2023. | Photo by Justine Calma / The Verge
Demonstrators blocked traffic outside the entrance to BlackRock headquarters ahead of a key climate summit in New York City.