Posted on 06/01/2024 11:27:09 AM PDT by grundle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police said Saturday that they had 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum, which reported damage to some artwork and harassment to security staff by demonstrators.
Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum on Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police moved in to make arrests.
New York City police officers tackled and punched some protesters during scuffles that broke out in the crowd outside the museum while some demonstrators hurled plastic bottles at officers and shouted insults. Other protesters held banners, waved Palestinian flags and chanted boisterously on the steps of the grand, Beaux Arts museum, which is the city’s second largest.
City police said the 34 people in custody were being processed and charges were being determined.
Museum spokesperson Taylor Maatman said in a statement that the museum closed an hour early because of concerns about people’s safety and the art collections.
”Unfortunately, there was damage to existing and newly installed artwork on our plaza, and our public safety staff were physically and verbally harassed,” Maatman said.
Organizers, including the group Within Our Lifetime, called on supporters to “flood” and “de-occupy” the museum, saying they wanted to take over the building until officials “ disclose and divest ” from any investments linked to Israel’s actions in Gaza.
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34. There’s that number again.
Deport the entire bunch to Gaza - tattoo “DO NOT RETURN” on forheads.
I eagerly await and expect “Damage to protestors reported in subsequent reports.
No wait, make that “Protestors are not expected to survive.”
They’re not getting enough attention so it’s off campus they go ,LOL
How Taliban of them.
June 1: 34 arrested for museum disruption and damage.
July 1: Charges dropped against 34 who stormed museum and damaged art.
October 1: New York police agree to $10 million settlement with 34 protestors arrested at museum.
Exactly !
These are Regime Approved Protests.
The fantasies of FR Goobers for police and prison brutality is a joke.
Deport the Satanic savages and be done with them!
NYC will have to settle in court for falsely arresting the poor little innocent protesters.
They will get $5 million each and a cookie too.
Trump’s donation webpage crashed at $34 million
Plastic bottles full of water, by chance?
If I were in NYC, I would have been tempted to bring a keffiyeh(?) and a Palestinian flag to the museum and set both alight.
That would really drive the Nazis over the edge.
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Is this not the Brooklyn museum which has amassed such a large collection of James Tissot's paintings?
Why bother?
Crime is okay now.
Where did that silliness come from?
Bragg will let them off. Peaceful and all of that.
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