Balloons not bars: organizers try new tactic in campaign to close Rikers | Queens Daily Eagle

It was the culmination of a long day of mobilization. Just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, formerly incarcerated people, activists and family members of people detained on Rikers Island released dozens of white balloons into the air from the base of the Rikers Island Bridge.

The balloons, each one representing someone who had died at Rikers, transversed the heavily guarded bridge that separates the island from mainland Queens, disappearing out of sight. Read more.