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HUNDREDS OF ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS — SOME CHANTING ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ WHILE
BURNING US FLAGS — STORM BROOKLYN BRIDGE

By Reuven Fenton, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, Jack Morphet and Amanda Woods

Published April 15, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

Hundreds of anti-Israeli protesters wreaked havoc in Lower Manhattan on Monday,
storming the Brooklyn Bridge and grinding traffic to a halt on its
Manhattan-bound side as cops in riot gear fought to contain the unrest.

The marchers — including some who burned American flags while one yelled “Death
to America,” according to social media posts — converged on the historic span
around 3:45 p.m., immediately disrupting cars and prompting NYPD cops to swarm
the area and begin cuffing at least two dozen of them.

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Photos posted on social media showed the massive mob invading the span during
the disruptive rally — only the latest in the Big Apple since the Oct. 7 Hamas
terror attack on Israel and the subsequent counter-offensive by the Jewish state
in the Gaza Strip.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of Israeli demonstrators hold dueling
events outside of the New York Stock Exchange. Getty Images
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The marchers disrupted cars and prompted NYPD cops to swarm the area and begin
cuffing at least two dozen of them. Aristide Economopoulos

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Police in riot gear were prepared and took a zero-tolerance approach to the
massive demonstration. AP
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest while occupying an outdoor shopping mall
during a ‘Strike for Gaza’ protest in California. Getty Images

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Anti-Israel protestors marching onto the Brooklyn Bridge on April 15, 2024.
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A police officer arresting a protestor. FNTV/Olga Fe
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Demonstrators waving Palestinian flags while blocking traffic. FNTV/Olga Fe

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Protestors walking around cars on the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge.
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Police arresting demonstrators at the Brooklyn Bridge. FNTV/Olga Fe

“A bunch of people already got over,” a protester on the bridge told The Post.
“They started arresting people here.”

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Police in riot gear were prepared and took a zero-tolerance approach to the
massive demonstration, blocking the bridge to keep the protesters away from City
Hall.

Although only one arrest had been officially reported by late afternoon, at
least two dozen people were placed in handcuffs at the scene — with many other
marchers making a run for the subways when they spotted cops moving in. 

Later on Monday evening, smoke could be seen billowing outside One Police Plaza
at around 7:30 p.m. as a group of protesters lit flares and chanted
pro-Palestinian slogans.

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Protesters taking to the street on Monday. CBS
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The protesters took to the Manhattan Bridge. CBS
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Police officers with protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge. CBS

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Anti-Israel protesters marching down the Brooklyn Bridge. CBS
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NYPD Deputy Chief Timothy Beaudette clashing with an anti-Israel protester. NY
Post/Jack Morphet
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Beaudette and other officers responded to the protest on the Brooklyn Bridge. NY
Post/Jack Morphet

According to the NYPD, police first responded to a planned protest on Wall
Street around 2:15 p.m. by the group Within Our Lifetime before the marchers
began moving toward the bridge.

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Meanwhile, pro-Palestinian protestors have also blocked a road to arrivals and
departures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

At least four vehicles appeared to be blocking the road along with protestors.

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Anti-Israel protestors blocking the road to Seattle-Tacoma International
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The protest blocked arrivals and departures at Sea-Tac Airport. Ron Shreve
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Anti-Israel protestors at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on April 15, 2024. Chicago
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Protestors blocking traffic at O’Hare. Chicago Dissenters
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Protestors holding a banner calling for an end to the war in Gaza on the Golden
Gate Bridge. KGO-TV

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An anti-Israel protest shutting down Interstate 880 in Oakland. Bronte
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Demonstrators clashing with police in Oakland on I-880. Brontë Wittpenn/San
Francisco Chronicle via AP

Some passengers were seen exiting their vehicles with their luggage and walking
past the protest in a bid to catch their flights.

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Police and multiple tow trucks arrived on scene shortly after the protest began
to remove the vehicles blocking the expressway.

Rowdy pro-Palestinian demonstrations have rocked the city in recent months, with
protesters disrupting Midtown holiday festivities and converging on Big Apple
landmarks.


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