Homeless Man Getting Paid at Discovery Channel Protest

After a low turnout for the planned protest of the Discovery Channel, homeless people from the nearby Progress Place were paid ten dollars an hour to demonstrate. On Monday when it began to rain many of the demonstrators , such as this man right here, demanded to get paid and left.

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Merricks Photos says:

Great photo and story.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

katherine lynn says:

Hm, maybe I should be a professional protester!

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aptmetaphor says:

is it just me, or does paying people to protest not ring true somehow? what was the protest about? i'm glad a person who needed it got his money though...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

m hoek says:

dolla dolla bills ya'll
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Photos by Chip Py says:

Those are fives
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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