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With media scrums and middle fingers, Manhattan reacts to the indictment
NYT, Téa Kvetenadze and Brittany Kriegstein

The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump did little to interrupt the Midtown bustle outside Trump Tower on Thursday afternoon, but there were small signs. Tourists gathered around television reporters going live. More than one passer-by stopped to pose for a photo, gesturing at the building with their middle finger.
On the sidewalk across the street, a man had written messages in chalk earlier in the day: “Justice is coming for Trump” and “Remember Brian Sicknick,” a Capitol Police officer who died after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by Trump supporters.
Tourists near the tower celebrated the indictment.
“It was amazing how quick it all was,” said Mark Kohn, 21, a forest ranger visiting from Denver.
“It’s what’s he deserves,” said Mr. Kohn’s partner, Mack Kemper, 21, who works in education and thought the opposite of the timing: “I think this was a long time coming. I think it was surprising how long it took, but I’m glad.”
The pair were with Mr. Kohn’s uncle, Jack Nightingale, 73, a retiree visiting from Massachusetts. “It’s still sinking in,” he said. “The justice system, it’s slow, but it gets there.”
Jennifer Dibs whooped and laughed as she passed Trump Tower. “This is a great day!” she cheered, undeterred by a man responding with a chant of “Let’s go Trump!”
Ms. Dibs, 57, said she had come specifically to celebrate the indictment and spread the news to people along the way.
“It’s a house of cards: little pieces have to get pulled, little threads,” she said.
“It could all just cascade from here,” added her childhood friend Jill Zimmerman, 56.
Others were less pleased with the news.
Travis Burrough, 27, was in town from Central California and said: “I think he’s only getting indicted because of who he is, being President Trump. They’re trying to take him off his campaign trail.” But Mr. Burrough, who voted for Mr. Trump and said he probably would again, was not surprised.
“It was going to happen sooner or later,” he said.
Downtown, a handful of anti-Trump protesters posed outside the courthouse on Hogan Place with a large banner reading “THE TIME IS NOW.”
Em Ingram, 20, a California native studying environmental studies, journalism and politics at N.Y.U., held a small sign that read “Trump is Over.”
“I live across the street. I’ve been watching out my window every single day, waiting,” they said. “I think it’s going to lead to some pretty complex results as far as stirring sentiments that are pro-Trump and against Trump. I’m hoping that the trial works out and he is in trouble for this, but it’s very hard to say, because he’s an extremely wealthy and an extremely well-protected man.”
Reporters and photographers descended on the courthouse, creating a scrum several people deep and standing on scaffolding waiting for a glimpse of District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, who quickly exited a side door on Hogan Place with a few other people, got into a black Suburban with dark windows and sped away. None of them said anything.
A passing lawyer who would not give his name mused about what was coming.
“Imagine how crazy this is going to be when they bring him here,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news