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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani in New York

Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates

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Cello player John Mark Rozendaal is detained by NYPD on Thursday for criminal contempt outside Citibank’s global headquarters. Photograph: Stephanie Keith 100584/Getty Images

A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York.

John Mark Rozendaal, an adjunct music instructor at Princeton university and Alec Connon, director of the climate nonprofit group Stop the Money Pipeline, were arrested for criminal contempt in the public park at the bank’s global headquarters as the crackdown against nonviolent climate protesters escalates.

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