- Palestine supporters clashed with police who in turn attacked attendees.
- Within Our Lifetime, a Palestinian-led organization, organized the protest
- It was celebrated in honor of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba.
At least a dozen protesters have been arrested by police after clashing with them at a rowdy demonstration in New York yesterday.
Violence erupted when large numbers of NYPD officers attempted to push back an angry mob of nearly 250 people who took to the streets of Brooklyn to march in support of Palestine.
The group waved Palestinian flags near Ovington Avenue in the local commercial area of the predominantly Arab-American neighborhood.
Footage shows officers tackling and dragging protesters away to arrest them as they continued to shout and fight back.
Violence erupted when large numbers of NYPD officers attempted to push back an angry mob of nearly 250 people who took to the streets of Brooklyn to march in support of Palestine.
People argue with police officers during a pro-Palestine march, organized in part to observe a Nabka commemoration.
An NYPD officer grabs a pro-Palestinian protester during today’s protest
People were seen pushed against vans and handcuffed, while another wrapped in a Palestinian flag was filmed being loaded into a police vehicle.
A video shared on X It also shows a police officer allegedly punching a protester in the middle of the street.
The NYPD said they are “investigating” the video, according to New York Daily News.
While officials have not yet clarified how many people were arrested at the scene, the New York Post An estimated 12 were handcuffed and taken away.
A Palestinian-led community organization called Within Our Lifetime reportedly organized the protest.
It was celebrated in honor of the 76th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’, the annual observation of the mass displacement of Palestinians during the establishment of Israel in 1948.
This comes two weeks after more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with New York police just blocks from the Met Gala in New York on Monday night.
NYPD officers charge detained pro-Palestinian protester
Footage shows officers tackling and dragging protesters away to arrest them as they continued to shout and fight back.
A Palestinian-led community organization called Within Our Lifetime reportedly organized the protest.
Hundreds of people were seen marching from Hunter College a mile away, but were met with a swift response from the NYPD, who had been preparing for the possibility of protesters showing up at the star-studded event.
Dozens of protesters were arrested along Madison Avenue as police attempted to ensure that none of the protesters spread to neighboring Fifth Avenue, where the Met Gala was being held.
Initially, police seemed to manage to divert protesters away from where the Gala was taking place, leaving most of the protesters marching down Park Avenue several blocks away, but it wasn’t long before a protester broke the barriers. metal barriers and began to walk. Fifth Avenue.
Protesters could be seen holding banners, beating drums, waving flags and chanting “Free, free Palestine!” Others lit flares and red and green smoke, the colors of the Palestinian flag.
The protests, officially announced as part of the ‘Day of Rage for Gaza: From the Camps to the Streets,’ began Monday afternoon at Columbia University and the New York University Center and the two groups merged near the Gala.
A woman was forced to the ground by NYPD officers while being arrested.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with New York police just a block from the Met Gala in New York on Monday night.
Dozens of protesters were arrested along Madison Avenue and East 84th Street as police tried to ensure that none of the protesters spread to neighboring Fifth Avenue, where the Met Gala was taking place.