🇺🇸 NYPD FACES BACKLASH FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AT PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST
Police clashed with protesters at Saturday’s rally close to Bay Ridge Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.
At the least 40 protesters had been arrested.pic.twitter.com/fNr7oD1Oi0
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) Might 19, 2024
POLICE ATTACK PROTESTORS AT NAKBA DAY MARCH IN BROOKLYN pic.twitter.com/gAZEEnKYbK
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) Might 19, 2024
Courageous Palestine supporters commemorate the Nakba in Brooklyn regardless of brutal repression by the American police. #Nakba76 pic.twitter.com/ofj0NnErkh
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) Might 19, 2024
A number of the most violent arrests I’ve seen tho is month. After NYPD barricade the BQE protesters headed southbound on 4th and SRG charged into the group to arrest a number of protesters. At the least one member of the press has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/6uksQLHEml
— Josh Pacheco (They/Them) (@JP_OTG) Might 18, 2024
Beforehand: Psycho NYC Cops Assault Protesters on the Road for Criticizing Israel, Arrest at Least a Dozen
The cops will simply assault you on the streets in case you criticize the Jews.
Nothing like this has ever occurred earlier than in America. It’s a very new normal of lawlessness.
Folks will complain about it, however complaints don’t imply something. If you happen to complain, the cops will simply beat you and gasoline you.
The NYPD is taking warmth over a violent conflict with demonstrators at an anti-Israel occasion in Brooklyn that led to greater than a dozen arrests Saturday.The busts got here throughout a Nakba Day protest in Bay Ridge that was damaged up by cops — with footage posted on-line displaying New York’s Best pinning down and even slugging demonstrators.
“Bay Ridge is house to the biggest Palestinian group in New York Metropolis,” metropolis Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn), instructed The Put up on Sunday. “There was a Nakba Day demonstration right here yearly for the previous decade with out violence.
“I noticed no proof of actions by protestors yesterday that warranted such an aggressive response from NYPD,” he stated. “These weren’t our native cops. Clearly, there was a ‘zero tolerance’ edict despatched down from 1PP [police headquarters] which escalated all the things and made it worse.
“I’m nonetheless ready on data and particulars concerning the arrests that had been made, however from my vantage level, the response appeared pre-emptive, retaliatory and cumulatively aggressive,” Brannan added.
Nakba Day notes the beginning of the Arab-Israeli battle in 1948 and is seen by Palestinians as the start of their displacement — with Brannan including that this yr’s turnout was smaller than previous years.
Video footage posted on-line exhibits police in a confrontation with the protesters, together with two situations the place cops are seen hurling punches at demonstrators who’re pinned to the bottom.
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Elvis Dunderhoff contributed to this text.