Anti-Israel protesters clashed with NYPD officers at a raucous demonstration in Brooklyn on Saturday, resulting in at the very least a dozen arrests.
Video confirmed a part of the indignant mob, some 250 robust, pushing again as police tried to maneuver them in the direction of the sidewalk in Bay Ridge.
Cops finally tackled and arrested a number of protesters, video reveals.
Police might be seen dragging demonstrators away because the protesters fought again and yelled on the officers. One demonstrator hurled a water bottle at them.
One man was pinned towards a van by police and positioned in handcuffs as individuals screamed at police to “let him go.”
A line of handcuffed protesters, one draped in a Palestinian flag, had been filmed being loaded into the again of a police car.
“We love you!” a buddy shouted to one in every of them from the opposite aspect of the police line.
The Put up noticed at the very least 12 individuals being arrested. Police didn’t have an official variety of arrests instantly obtainable.
Your complete neighborhood was blanketed by a large police presence.
“The NYPD has spent over 400 million on Palestine protest alone,” the demonstrators chanted in a name and response.
“They informed us to cease. However we is not going to relaxation. Till this metropolis divests. Free free Palestine,” they mentioned.
One girl on prime of a U Haul truck screamed: “Don’t speak to the pigs they don’t deserve our consideration” to a loud applause.
“Biden is the oldest president we’ve ever had. And he’ll die quickly,” she added, to extra cheers.
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