200 protest BP in Manhattan - Pics

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Protesters waved signs "Clean Up, Don't Cover Up" and chanted "BP Your Heart is Black, You Can Have Your Oil Back."



NEW YORK - MAY 28: A protester stands outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: Protesters scream after pouring mock oil over themselves outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: A protester looks on after pouring mock oil over herself outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: Protesters pour mock oil over themselves outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: Protesters demonstrate outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: A protester stands outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: A protester screams after pouring mock oil over herself outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.


NEW YORK - MAY 28: A protester in mock Hazmat suit walks outside a BP (British Petroleum) gas station in Manhattan May 28, 2010 in New York City. Protesters were demonstrating against the company's role in the April 22 Gulf of Mexico oil spill catastrophe.



A mixture of water and paint resembling oil drips off a protestor during a demonstration at a BP gas station in the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 28, 2010.


Protestors pour a mixture of water and paint resembling oil on themselves during a demonstration at a BP gas station in the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 28, 2010.


A protestor demonstrates with a mixture of water and paint resembling oil poured on her at a BP gas station in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan, Friday, May 28, 2010 in New York. In an operation that began Wednesday, BP has been pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out well in hopes of choking it off and putting an end to what is already the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, at anywhere from 18 million gallons to 40 million by the government's estimate.




200 protest BP in Manhattan
Updated at 09:47 PM today

SoHo -- A group of about 200 protesters in New York City have called on BP to take responsibility for all cleanup costs of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The group rallied at a BP gas station in SoHo on Friday. Some dripped with fake oil made of chocolate and water-based paint, while others wore pictures of fish on their heads.

A BP drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and sending millions of gallons of oil into the water. The oil is beginning to foul beaches, kill wildlife and cripple the tourism and fishing industries.

Protesters waved signs "Clean Up, Don't Cover Up" and chanted "BP Your Heart is Black, You Can Have Your Oil Back."

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