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— STLtoday (@stltoday) August 15, 2014

The caption by the STL Post was wrong. They didn’t shut down Times Square. A thousand (or even 10 thousand) couldn’t shut it down.

Did any of them ever watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve? That’s shutting it down - with a million people or more spread over the entirety of Times Square. A few hundred - or even a few thousand is a mere blip in the daily movement through the area. Heck, most people wouldn’t even notice the group was there but for the cameras and possibly additional police.