“By reenacting what we’ve been through in Iraq we hope to inspire more of our fellow Americans to act to end the war now,” said Iraq Veterans Against the War member Adam Kokesh. Actual veterans of the conflict in Iraq played their part of American service members, dramatically interacting with non-veteran supporters playing civilians.

In full uniform IVAW members performed searches, detentions, squad patrol, and crowd control operations in locations that included Central Park, Times Square, Union Square and Grand Army Plaza. They also stopped at Ground Zero for a solemn ceremony.”

Guys must k-n-o-w somebody because these days, you can’t even ride a bike in NYC without getting arrested.