Activists from Extinction Rebellion stopped the open for almost an hour Thursday night.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Climate protesters brought a U.S. Open semifinal match to a halt Thursday night as they chanted for their cause in the upper stands, with one of them supergluing his bare feet to the stadium’s floor.
Police said they arrested Mukhopadhyay, 50, of White Plains, New York for trespassing and disorderly conduct. They also arrested 35-year-old Gregory Schwedock, of Manhattan, for trespass. Both were given desk appearance tickets.The protesters say they represent the group Extinction Rebellion NYC. In a press release, they claimed not to be protesting tennis itself for its role in fossil fuel emissions, but rather the government’s weak response to the climate crisis.
Miles Grant, Extinction Rebellion spokesperson, said the minor disruption was no worse than the kinds of delays extreme weather has already caused at matches around the world.
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