Police Officers & Firefighters gather with others to protest staff cuts at the Statehouse in NJ-pics

[Kadie]

New Jersey Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, at podium, D-Union, addresses a large gathering of off-duty and retired police officers and firefighters that fill a street outside the Statehouse Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. , during a rally to protest staff cuts and promote public safety. They say budget cuts and layoffs have thinned their ranks to unsafe levels. The rally is the second at the Statehouse in a week. The AFL-CIO sponsored a unity rally for Wisconsin state workers Friday. They are fighting limits on their right to collectively bargain.


Off-duty and retired police officers and firefighters stand with other supporters in a large gathering outside the Statehouse Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. , during a rally to protest staff cuts and promote public safety. They say budget cuts and layoffs have thinned their ranks to unsafe levels. The rally is the second at the Statehouse in a week. The AFL-CIO sponsored a unity rally for Wisconsin state workers Friday. They are fighting limits on their right to collectively bargain.


Off-duty and retired police officers and firefighters fill a street outside the Statehouse Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. , during a rally to protest staff cuts and promote public safety. They say budget cuts and layoffs have thinned their ranks to unsafe levels. The rally is the second at the Statehouse in a week. The AFL-CIO sponsored a unity rally for Wisconsin state workers Friday. They are fighting limits on their right to collectively bargain.


Off-duty and retired police officers and firefighters stand with other supporters in a large gathering outside the Statehouse Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. , during a rally to protest staff cuts and promote public safety. They say budget cuts and layoffs have thinned their ranks to unsafe levels. The rally is the second at the Statehouse in a week. The AFL-CIO sponsored a unity rally for Wisconsin state workers Friday. They are fighting limits on their right to collectively bargain.


Elizabeth Fire Department firefighters Rick Maliniak, center left, and Andy Socha have American Flags stuck in their helmets as they shout with other firefighters and police officers and their supporters in a large gathering outside the Statehouse Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. , during a rally to protest staff cuts and promote public safety. They say budget cuts and layoffs have thinned their ranks to unsafe levels. The rally is the second at the Statehouse in a week. The AFL-CIO sponsored a unity rally for Wisconsin state workers Friday. They are fighting limits on their right to collectively bargain.

[Hannah Bell]

1. kr

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Makes me proud to be a resident of NJ

When I see people standing up for other New Jerseyans! :-)

[Kadie]

3. Huge crowd.

A great site to see.

[onethatcares]

4. not a thing on abc or cbs about this

these pictures must have been faked:sarcasm:

[malaise]

5. Wow!

just Wow!!

[BillyJack]

6. ehm, how come I didn't hear about this on the CNN?

Was anyone from Jersey there?

Looks like a LOT of ppl were there, if truth be told :eyes:

So what's the story?

[Tx4obama]

7. Rachel Maddow just talked about the rally and showed photos. n/t

[butterfly77]

8. Kick,kick,kick &recommended!

:kick:

[Poboy]

9. it is too late to recommend, but kick.

[Brickbat]

10. Another kick -- I love the faces in that last photo.