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Police arrest 57 protesters for attacking and spitting on officers, setting fires and carrying weapons in NYC

Police arrest 57 protesters for attacking and spitting on officers, setting fires and carrying weapons in NYC 1

NEW YORK CITY, NY – A violent night on the streets of New York City came to a head when police say a subset of protesters attacked officers, which ended in more than 50 arrests on Wednesday, November 4th. 

In a Facebook video streamed Thursday, New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea described hours of chaos, after some protesters showed up armed with flammable materials, hammers and tasers. 

The department Twitter account posted some of the arrestees’ mugshots, saying: 

“Last night, these individuals were arrested at protests in Manhattan for various crimes, including assaulting police officers & weapons possession. If you have any info related to these individuals, or others regarding violence at protests, please call @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS.” 

The city’s top cop said the smaller group had no ties to a peaceful protest that had occurred earlier in the day.  

Commissioner Shea said rioters used that gathering as a cover to come to the area, before separating themselves to start fighting with the officers who were in charge of protecting and serving the area.

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He said: 

“I would say the intent was evident. It’s to sow chaos. Who brings a knife and a hammer and flammable liquids to a peaceful protest?” 

He went on to say that officers arrested 57 people in total, including a woman who was captured on camera calling an officer a “fascist” before spitting in his face. 

New York Post journalist Elizabeth Meryl Rosner tweeted video of the incident, saying: 

“A young woman was arrested after she spat in an officer’s face after screaming, ‘F–k you, fascist,’ tonight in the West Village.”  

NYPD officers say of those arrested, 32 were given criminal court summonses. Most of the others were arrested for disorderly conduct. 

The whole scramble shows the “evolution” of protester tactics, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller. 

He said not only did the rioters come armed, but had planned who among them would set fires, throw things at cops, and record video that could later be used as propaganda. 

The NYPD News Twitter account shared pictures of some of the weapons seized during the protest.

The post said: 

“These weapons, confiscated at protests tonight, put others at risk. Bringing weapons to peaceful protests cannot and will not be tolerated. We are currently working to de-escalate the situation. Anyone caught with a weapon will be arrested.” 

The photos show knives, what appears to be a taser, and fireworks or explosives. 

On top of the planned attacks, Miller said they also developed a plan for provoking officers and then filming only whatever followed so that it would appear on camera that the officers reacted for no reason.

He said: 

“A number of people emerge and try to pull the person that is the subject of the arrest back into the crowd and end up physically struggling with police.” 

Miller said the plan was to then post video online that makes it look like cops are attacking protesters. 

In a series of tweets that followed Thursday’s news conference, NYPD News posted: 

“We support everyone’s right to self-expression, but setting fires puts others at risk and will not be tolerated. We are working to de-escalate the situation near Morton Street in the West Village to prevent further damage from occurring.” 

Another tweet reads: 

“We appreciate and value the importance of freedom of speech. Our top priority is and always will be safety. We have arrested more than 20 individuals who attempted to hijack a peaceful protest by lighting fires, throwing garbage and eggs in Manhattan.” 

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It is far from the only time NYC protesters have clashed with police. Here’s more from Law Enforcement Today:

Welcome to New York: Police arrest nearly 90 abolish ICE protestors for blocking trafficking

September 21, 2020

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Nearly 90 protestors are in trouble with the law today after a weekend of rallying in the streets of New York City. 

Local TV news station WABC reported that police arrested at least 86 people during an abolish ICE demonstration Saturday, in two separate locations. 

Video posted to social media shows officers begin arresting protestors as they stepped off the sidewalk and into the streets in Times Square.  Isabelle Levya, one of the protestors, tweeted: 

“The NYPD just attacked us at the Times Square abolish ICE protest for stepping off the sidewalk. Several organizers arrested for no reason. Police violence at protests is escalating in NYC, please pay attention.” 

In the video, another protestor is heard yelling at the officers:

“What the f**k is wrong with you? They’re sitting down.” 

In another recording, Levya alleges that officers grabbed her and picked up a nearby protestor by that person’s hair.

She wrote: 

“As we were backing up you can hear one say “encircle them” before they surrounded us. Video gets crazy because they grabbed me and picked the person next to me up by their hair.” 

The multiple videos were met with mixed responses.  One Twitter user who goes by the handle “@veganforBLM” wrote: 

“Glad you were able to gather evidence via this vid. As protesters your right to assemble is strongest in what are known as “traditional public forums,” such as streets, sidewalks, and parks. You can march in streets but may be asked to move if blocking traffic.” 

Another, who calls herself “Queen,” tweeted: 

“One major problem is generational. This generation grew up entitled and made to think everything they said or think is correct and wonderful. Many are delusional as a result. They have no respect for law or authority. Bad parenting to blame.” 

Police told WABC that they made arrests only when protestors began to block traffic. A public address system played an NYPD message telling them that they were “unlawfully in the roadway and obstructing vehicular traffic.” 

Leyva was not one of the protestors arrested.

The group was in the area to demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement after reports last week that the agency was complicit in an outside contractor performing unnecessary hysterectomies on illegal immigrant women being detained in government facilities in Georgia. 

Police sources told The New York Post that officers arrested a second group near 1 Police Plaza. 

In total, the news outlet said police arrested 41 men and 45 women during the two rallies.  All are facing charges for disorderly conduct and one is facing a charge for resisting arrest. 

It is not the first time in a one week span that protestors in New York City clashed with NYPD officers.  Earlier in the week, WABC reported that another group of protestors rallied outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

 During that event, NYPD told the news station that dozens of people gathered in front of the building on September 16 to voice opposition to ICE practices.  An account called NYC Protest Updates 2020 tweeted about it beforehand: 

“There is also an “abolish ICE” action at 26 Federal Plaza, home of ICE’s field office in the city, planned for 4PM today. Thanks to multiple sources who brought this to our attention.” 

Local media outlets reported that the event quickly turned destructive as demonstrators spray painted the outside entrance to the building and smashing part of a revolving glass door. 

Some of the group allegedly forced their way into the lobby of the building, which houses ICE offices.  Police said there were no arrests in connection to that protest. 

They have not issued a press release or social media statement on the more recent arrests from over the weekend.

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