🇺🇸 NYPD FACES BACKLASH FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AT PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST
Police clashed with protesters at Saturday’s rally near Bay Ridge Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.
At least 40 protesters were arrested.pic.twitter.com/fNr7oD1Oi0
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 19, 2024
POLICE ATTACK PROTESTORS AT NAKBA DAY MARCH IN BROOKLYN pic.twitter.com/gAZEEnKYbK
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 19, 2024
Brave Palestine supporters commemorate the Nakba in Brooklyn despite brutal repression by the American police. #Nakba76 pic.twitter.com/ofj0NnErkh
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) May 19, 2024
Some 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 crowd to arrest multiple protesters. At least one member of the press has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/6uksQLHEml
— Josh Pacheco (They/Them) (@JP_OTG) May 18, 2024
Previously: Psycho NYC Cops Attack Protesters on the Street for Criticizing Israel, Arrest at Least a Dozen
The cops will just attack you on the streets if you criticize the Jews.
Nothing like this has ever happened before in America. It’s a totally new standard of lawlessness.
People will complain about it, but complaints don’t mean anything. If you complain, the cops will just beat you and gas you.
The NYPD is taking heat over a violent clash with demonstrators at an anti-Israel event in Brooklyn that led to more than a dozen arrests Saturday.
The busts came during a Nakba Day protest in Bay Ridge that was broken up by cops — with footage posted online showing New York’s Finest pinning down and even slugging demonstrators.
“Bay Ridge is home to the largest Palestinian community in New York City,” city Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn), told The Post on Sunday. “There has been a Nakba Day demonstration here every year for the past decade without violence.
“I saw no evidence of actions by protestors yesterday that warranted such an aggressive response from NYPD,” he said. “These were not our local cops. Clearly, there was a ‘zero tolerance’ edict sent down from 1PP [police headquarters] which escalated everything and made it worse.
“I’m still waiting on information and details about the arrests that were made, but from my vantage point, the response appeared pre-emptive, retaliatory and cumulatively aggressive,” Brannan added.
Nakba Day notes the start of the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948 and is viewed by Palestinians as the beginning of their displacement — with Brannan adding that this year’s turnout was smaller than past years.
Video footage posted online shows police in a confrontation with the protesters, including two instances where cops are seen hurling punches at demonstrators who are pinned to the ground.
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Elvis Dunderhoff contributed to this article.