Demonstrators in New York City Call for Gaza Ceasefire
Rashida Tlaib embraces 9/11-style trutherism on Gaza hospital blastBrooklyn State Sen. Jabari Brisport, 36, and City Council Member Shahana Hanif, 32, were among the about 1,000 demonstrators who flooded Bryant Park starting at around 5 p.m. for the “Cease Fire Now Rally for Gaza.”
Hanif – who represents the City Council’s 32nd district covering Park Slope and other parts of central Brooklyn – revealed she and two of her team members were taken into custody by the NYPD.. “I am proud to echo the calls for peace made by so many of my Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish neighbors. We have seen enough bloodshed, we need our elected officials in every level of government to demand a ceasefire now.
Along the route, scores of demonstrators planted themselves on Fifth Avenue around 8 p.m., sitting in uniformed lines across the busy road and ignoring requests from cops to stop blocking traffic. “Some demonstrators within the crowd chose to act in a combative and aggressive manner. Officers were pushed, shoved, and struck by some demonstrators within the crowd after the LRAD device was utilized,” the NYPD said in a statement.
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