Dramatic moment NYPD pins protestor to the ground as crowd chants ‘SHAME’ at pro-Palestine demonstration
NYPD officers pinned a protester to the ground as the crowd shouted “shame” during a pro-Palestine rally in New York City on Saturday afternoon.
Amid the chaos, a bearded man wearing a brown-colored hoodie was forcefully knocked to the ground by law enforcement officers, who then restrained his hands.
This dramatic moment was captured by numerous protesters and reporters present at the march, during which the NYPD arrested several pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
The man was later led away from the scene in handcuffs as someone in the crowd angrily shouted: ‘racist motherf**ker.’
The clash took place during a noisy Land Day march organized by the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
NYPD officers detained a protester Saturday afternoon as the crowd shouted “shame” during a pro-Palestine rally in New York City
Amid the chaos, a bearded man wearing a brown-colored hoodie was forcefully knocked to the ground by law enforcement officers, who then restrained his hands.
The man was later led away from the scene in handcuffs as someone in the crowd angrily shouted: ‘racist mother f**ker’
The demonstrator who was pinned to the ground was “randomly targeted,” according to a witness who shared videos of the arrest on X.
“NYPD randomly picks a protester from the crowd and beats him to the ground!!!” the person wrote.
“I saw the NYPD randomly attack a protester right now with my own eyes! First arrest of the day, his crime? Stand on the sidewalk!’
Other disturbing images show a protester in a black hoodie sticking his umbrella into the spokes of a police bicycle.
Moments later, he was violently pushed and thrown against a car before being arrested.
It is not yet known how many arrests have been made, but footage captured by the NYPD shows at least six protesters.
It is not yet known how many arrests have been made, but footage captured by the NYPD shows at least six protesters.
These chaotic scenes were part of the march organized by WOL to mark the 48th anniversary of Landtag – an annual event commemorating the protests that broke out on March 30, 1976.
During one of the arrests, a crowd member threw a box at an officer while he was pinning a woman to a vehicle.
These chaotic scenes were part of the march organized by WOL to mark the 48th anniversary of Land Day – an annual event commemorating the protests that broke out on March 30, 1976 against Israel’s seizure of Palestinian land.
Six unarmed Arab demonstrators, including three women, were killed and more than a hundred injured by the Israeli army and police during protests.
Saturday also marks the sixth anniversary of the Great March of Return, also known as the Gaza border protests of 2018-2019, in which Palestinians marched along the Gaza-Israel border to demand the right of refugees to return to Palestine.
Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Manhattan, marching from City Hall to Union Square on 14th Street, while dozens of officers from the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group Bicycle Squad were deployed.
Witnesses said demonstrators had to gather outside City Hall Park because police closed off the entire park before the demonstration began.
As the rally marched through Soho, they shouted: “Bombs are falling while you’re shopping.”
The demonstrators dispersed in Union Square about three hours after the march began.
Witnesses said demonstrators had to gather outside City Hall Park because police closed off the entire park before the demonstration began
Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Manhattan, marching from City Hall to Union Square on 14th Street, while dozens of officers from the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group Bicycle Squad were deployed.
These chaotic scenes were part of the march organized by WOL to mark the 48th anniversary of Landtag – an annual event commemorating the protests that broke out on March 30, 1976.
Earlier this week, Within Our Lifetime announced the protest, calling on people to “flood the Gaza City Hall.”
The group wrote: “In tribute to our ceaseless anti-colonial struggle, we affirm on Land Day that the struggle for Palestinian liberation is a struggle to liberate every inch of the land, from the river to the sea.
‘As we sing: Whose streets? Our streets! Whose country? Our country! We refuse to slow our movement until the genocide ends, until the siege of Gaza is lifted, until all refugees return to their homelands, until Palestine is free,” the message read.
The protest announcement came after the group caused chaos in New York City on New Year’s Day this year when they ordered participants to flood JFK’s Terminal 4.
More than 25,000 women and children have been killed in Gaza since the October 7 attack, according to estimates by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.