Mobs of protestors waving Palestinian flags in America have clashed with New York City police Monday night while protesting the U.S. funding of Israel in their genocide against Gaza.
Footage shows torch-wielding demonstrators with face masks obscuring their identities marching toward NYPD headquarters.
Now the mob is marching to the NYPD Headquarters!
Call in the National Guard! pic.twitter.com/r079Gk9ADz—
ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) April 23, 2024
Protestors erected tents in Gould Plaza which police subsequently tore down.
Many protestors were arrested.
Law enforcement pepper sprayed their way through crowds blocking police busses transporting recently arrested protesters.
Pro-Palestine extremists just tried to block an NYPD bus carrying criminals from the NYU encampment.
NYPD responded by pepper spraying the extremists and the bus got through.pic.twitter.com/tJoDzSDNtH
— Paul A. Szypula
Many protestors were allegedly students, and the demonstrations centered around New York University and Columbia University.
Students in the USA
New York University students descend on NYPD HQ to protest the arbitrary arrests of students at the Gaza solidarity encampment
With every horrifying video that comes out of Gaza, the revulsion of the US population… pic.twitter.com/hRWfQ9zLr4
— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) April 23, 2024
“Fuck the police! Fuck the police!”
Here’s some more footage from tonight after NYPD officers arrested multiple NYU students and faculty peacefully protesting. pic.twitter.com/NeoWAXwkip
— Luis.Documents
(@mfsgottenshook) April 23, 2024
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— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) April 23, 2024
Pro-Israel protestors have countered the pro-Palestine protestors, calling for National Guard to be deployed against what they referred to as terrorists.
if Shai Davidai had been black, LGBT, hispanic, Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and demanded the National Guard and FBI be sent to colleges to arrest, torture and kill "white supremacist transphobe Zionist anti-black racists", not only would be he fired in 1 second, but the entire… pic.twitter.com/zmr0fr8Rll
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(@zei_squirrel) April 22, 2024
At Columbia University, protestors praised the Islamic God Allah.
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