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| FDNY truck sprays water on the Mermaid Parade |
So, I went to the Mermaid Parade and a police event broke out. Sounds like a joke, but seriously, the whole thing was pretty whacked. I've photographed the parade for years and have always had a great time. The real point is to by-pass the parade itself and stroll down the boardwalk to meet the mermaids and photograph them. Great fun, well, until this year. The photo above was taken from the New York Aquarium's bridge to the boardwalk. Unlike other years, this was the only way to get across, at least from this end of the parade. If you look closely at the photo you'll see a row of police cruisers. Behind that row they had set up a pen to funnel the parade-goers like cattle. It was unbelievably and unnecessarily crowded. [more below the fold]
