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1 year

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1 year

Want to use our footage? Just DM us and ask! (We'll probably give you permission to use it free with photo cap/video burned-in credit to PRO_NYC)

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4 years

Protesters have forced their way into the lobby of 26 Federal Plaza, which houses ICE offices. This action is in response to alleged mass hysterectomies at an ICE detention facility.

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Cop just jumped on the Crown Heights police dispatch to say “Shoot those fuckers.” Officer responded “Not on the air.”

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In this video we get a look at NYPD officer Martillo who touted "Make Enforcement Great Again" and Trump/Punisher badges at a Brooklyn protest last night.

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Officer Dana M Martillo harassing, blowing kisses and aggressively getting into journalists and peaceful protestors faces. She also doesn’t apparently know how to wear a mask. We pay her 90k salary #abolishthepolice

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Scanners say that the crowd outside Brooklyn Museum for Black Trans Lives is over 12,000. #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter

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Spotted on the subway: a tribute to Mary Yehudah, 31, who died in Rikers this week. (photo cred: anon)

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6 months

Multiple protests occur this morning as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is underway. Protesters who blocked the street in white jumpsuits and fake blood were arrested, and parade directed around. Dozens also marched in Times Square.

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Philly police shot a Black man 10 times in front of his mother earlier today. Walter Wallace Jr., age 27, was killed. PPD are beating protesters and conducting mass arrests. Follow @blacknbrownphl and #OTGWestPhilly for live updates and developments.

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#OTGWestPhilly

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An anonymous source in the Mayor's office confirmed to us that, while negotiations are still ongoing, the majority of proposed cuts foist cops' payrolls onto other agencies in order to give the illusion of defunding.

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4 years

MAJOR LEAK: @NYCSpeakerCoJo plans to meet the $1 billion demand by shuffling $$ for “school safety” cops from NYPD to Dept. of Edu budget. This violent lie CANNOT satisfy our movement. When we say #DefundNYPD we mean #PoliceFreeSchools . @GGENYC Corey:

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Around a hundred NYPD officers just attacked the Stonewall march, which happens weekly in West Village. We are hearing that a lead organizer was brutalized and detained. At least a dozen officers swarm to arrest one person. Someone with a megaphone yells "What was the reason?"

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Violent arrests in the street

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PHILLY: Bryn Mawr has set up their encampment fresh as of this morning

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4 years

@NYPDnews There are multiple videos of this arrest. Our reporters can't find any evidence of rocks being thrown. Can you point to a video that shows this?

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Three climate demonstrators arrested this evening after interrupting Easter services at St. Patrick's Cathedral with a banner reading, "Silence = Death." As they were shoved out, one yelled out, "Free Palestine!"

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Video shows NYPD isolating pro-Palestine protesters, ordering them to disperse and rushing them for mass arrests while Zionists demonstrate safely nearby. Footage is from Earthcam. Clip was shared on RUST channel.

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Less than an hour ago, an attendee of Strike MoMA's Palestinian teach-in was tackled by several NYPD officers in a nearby parking garage and detained, according to a video capturing the incident.

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3 years

5 cops just jumped on this man who was waving a Palestinian flag outside of MoMa moment before. He pulled into the parking lot and got ambushed. @strikemoma @WOLPalestine @decolonize_this @CopwatchCPU @AbolitionPark @NYC_ShutItDown @protest_nyc @MomaDivest

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In a long awaited decision, de Blasio and the city’s First Lady Chirlane McCray have approved a program to remove NYPD presence from mental health crisis calls and replace them with EMS mental health professionals.

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The #JacobBlake march that started at Times Square has now merged with Martha's March at Washington Square Park, where activists were celebrating the 75th birthday of Marsha P. Johnson.

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Over 400 demonstrators crossing the Brooklyn Bridge from Barclays for Black Liberation, commemorating Martin Luther King Jr Day.

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3 years

Police in Brooklyn are arresting protesters that are filming them and looking up their badge numbers.

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3 years

The NYPD just started attacking and arresting because this man was taking their badge numbers

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4 years

This video from near Madison Square Park confirms the rumors that NYPD used an unmarked van to make an arrest today.

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3 years

Protesters just burned a Trump flag at Washington Square Park.

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NYPD have arrested at least five protesters, including journalist Talia Jane @itsa_talia . Multiple witnesses say a man assaulted a Black trans woman in the crowd. Police arrested the assault victim and an ambulance was called for the attacker. More details coming.

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Tonight's #F12 #DEFUNDPOLICE #BlackLivesMatter march has reached Times Square with around 100 demonstrators. Two small flags were just burned in a circle of pavement near the Times Square NYPD annex -- one US flag, and one Blue Lives flag.

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4 years

The Black Womxns' march which started in Times' Square is moving north on FDR Dr. When our reporter left, the crowd was estimated to be 1,000 strong.

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Band on the bridge killing it.

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NYPD bodycams turned off and closed. If on, they blink. When asked why the officers did not respond. Taken on the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge as tired and cornered protestors ask to be allowed to go home. #BlackLivesMatter

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NYPD is pushing on #QueerLiberationMarch and have made arrests near Washington Square Park. Tensions are rising.

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2000 protesters gathered outside of Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where Jamal Floyd, a protester, choked to death on pepper spray on Wednesday.

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3 years

Protect Palestine rally is underway in Bay Ridge with at least 1,000 people in attendance. #FreePalestine

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Nikki, the woman who was detained by NYPD officers using an unmarked van, has been released, according to sources on the ground! The arrest drew criticism from protesters, concerned citizens and public officials. #wheresnikki

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An aerial shot of the Barclays Center right now.

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An undercover officer dressed in black bloc reveals his badge.

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NYPD arrested a reporter at the MAGA caravan counter protest at 10th Ave. and 24th St. The journalist has a press badge and a camera. The crowd can be heard pointing out he's a reporter as police throw him to the ground and cuff him.

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Scanner: NYPD will use the LRAD (long range acoustic device) if protestors go near bridges. Reminder that LRADs are capable of permanently damaging your hearing. #protest2020 #BlackLivesMatter

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4 years

Mayor Lovely Warren of Rochester just announced that the entire RPD command staff, including the Chief of Police, are resigning. Follow our live coverage tonight for further information.

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The Free Palestine protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan is still growing in size. NYPD have barricaded the sidewalks off to keep the crowd contained and out of the street.

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Arrested protestors at Leroy & 7th lead chants from inside a prison van. “No cops, no KKK, no fascist USA!”

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“On average I make $40 from 15 trips driving Lyft,” an anonymous former-Yellow Cab driver told one of our reporters, who added that he’s $600k in debt from his medallion and has lost a number of friends to suicide since the Cab Crash. “I used to make $300 from 15 trips, easy.”

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4 years

Video I took Today: Taxi drivers using their cars as amplifiers - blocking the streets around #NYC city hall. ‘Debt forgiveness. Let drivers live’. My heart goes out to them, tough time to be a cabbie.

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Looks like the Washington Square Park celebration for the (presumed) defeat of the Donald Trump is in full swing.

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Washington Square Park not waiting for the AP call

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Several hundred people from the Washington Square Park "Unite Against White Nationalism" rally are now marching through Chelsea. This protest is in response to anti-Asian/AAPI violence happening in New York and across the country.

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3 years

Hundreds of people are celebrating the Biden victory in Times Square by chanting "Black Lives Matter."

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9 months

Kings Highway station has been taken over by vogueing, inside and out (passengers can still get through). #SayHisName #OShaeSibley

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2 years

From earlier today (h/t @Copwatch_CPU ):

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Mimi and Rod, two BLM supporters, just married in Prospect Park! Their wedding doubles as a protest against police violence. Pictures posted with their permission.

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Protestors march into Borough Hall as apart of the direct action to halt evictions and cancel rent. “Housing insecurity is always dangerous. In the midst of a pandemic, it’s deadly.” @CHTenantUnion

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Neighbors gathered in a snow storm across from Brooklyn's Prospect Park today to wake up Sen. Schumer with pots and pans at 7:30am. #snowday

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As the Senate voted this morning for an aid package that includes an additional $14.1 BILLION in military support for Israel, a group of his constituents braved the snow and came to @SenSchumer residence for a wake up call at 7:30am. Our message: #EndGazaGenocide #CeasefireNow

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An autonomous action in New Jersey is targeting Hudson County Freeholder Anthony Romano, who voted in favor of renewing a ten-year contract with ICE despite major pushback from constituents. They are protesting outside of a diner where Romano is hosting a fundraiser.

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The NYPD are forcibly removing bystanders and reporters from the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge following brutal arrests of protesters in the roadway. Many activists were pepper-sprayed directly in the face by officers. Officers won't give a reason why the walkway is unsafe.

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2 years

Tonight in Manhattan:

NYC for Abortion Rights

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Fuck SCOTUS, fuck the Church, fuck the state. We will aid and abet abortion. On the night of the Dobbs decision, take the streets with us and other rad NYC groups. Let your rage be seen + heard. Bring a buddy/water/comfy shoes/a mask, let's keep each other safe 💚

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4 years

Group from Barclays has grown to about 1,500 protestors. Currently crossing the Manhattan Bridge chanting Breonna Taylor’s name.

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About 50 people are gathered at the intersection of Atlantic Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn despite the rain to honor victims of police violence and call on NYC politicians to defund the police.

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About 60 people gather outside of Jeff Bezos’ New York City apartment, protesting the lack of safe and adequate work conditions for Amazon employees as the online retail monolith makes millions off the pandemic at their expense.

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At least two George Floyd remembrance marches have combined crowds in Brooklyn, now marching toward Brooklyn Bridge. We count at least four helicopters circling above. At least 400 marching now.

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Anti-ICE protesters at Foley Square push barricades to hem in about 20 police officers who are guarding 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses ICE offices.

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4 years

The People's Bodega organized a food drive today in response to the MAGA caravan from Long Island.

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Protesters are gathered in Bryant Park on the first day of Derek Chauvin's trial. Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, suffocating him to death. Screenshot from thizzL's stream on Twitch. Watch live here:

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The procession described in this @nytimes article is NOT the "Jews for Trump" caravan, which stayed in Brooklyn. The group that engaged in brawls in Times Square had no specific religious affiliation. This needs to be corrected ASAP.

Fights Erupt During ‘Jews for Trump’ Rally in Manhattan (Published 2020)

Eleven people were arrested, and protesters screamed at Rudy Giuliani. Separately, a police officer was suspended for voicing support for the president on the job.

www.nytimes.com

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In Fort Greene Park, #confrontingjuly4th is under way and will soon march to Prospect Park. Crowd is approximately 500 strong at the moment, with little to no police presence.

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About 800 now outside of Barclays. Crowd takes a knee. “Take a knee for every Black life, every Black trans life, every Black child, that has been taken away”

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Crown Heights Tenant Union has dropped their first banner of the evening. Kylie, a tenant of this property, was laid off in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and hasn't been able to pay rent, leaving her with no choice but to strike.

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Over 1,000 leave Barclays north on Flatbush Ave.

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Snapshots of today's NYC march for Sudan.

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Police scanners estimate about 3500 protestors just arrived at Barclays from Grand Army Plaza. Thanks to the anonymous source consistently sending us aerials of these crowds!

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If you see green hats like these, you're looking at National Lawyers Guild legal observers. They're here to protect your First Amendment right to protest.

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A protest in solidarity with Alabama Amazon workers' efforts to unionize has formed outside the 2300 Linden St. Amazon facility in East New York. At least seven NYPD vehicles line the street.

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HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: Many arrests and injuries at Times Square, the site of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protests. Police/SRG have deployed LRAD, used pepper spray, according to scanners. We will update with more info as it comes out.

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Several hundred protesters on foot and bike have taken the Manhattan bound roadway of the #Brooklyn bridge.

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Around 1000 individuals remain in the park and plaza at #OccupyCityHall , which is well lit and supplied. Police presence is mostly light.

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Protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge intend to stay seated. After listing some demands for the NYPD a speaker says, "Get comfy, check in with your neighbor 'cause we're gonna be here for a while."

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The situation at Washington Square Park is escalating. Protesters are standing on top of police cars. Protesters surround officers preventing an arrest. Reports of de-arrest on scanner, possibly refer to this incident. Officers stood upwind of pepper spray and are crying.

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One of the groups from Washington Square Park is marching north past Union Square Park. The protest is about 400 strong.

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In New York, it is now legal to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana. The state is expected to immediately expunge former convictions for possession.

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JUST IN: Gov. Cuomo has signed into law the bill legalizing marijuana in New York. It had passed legislature yesterday. NY is 16th state to pass a law or initiative to legalize. NY will automatically expunge convictions, & bar police from stopping cars based on smelling weed.

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In response to the ongoing #Robinhood debacle and other issues in contemporary #finance / #capitalism , fliers have also been circulated for two anonymously and/or autonomously organized protests today on Wall Street.

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The protest marching over the Brooklyn Bridge has reached Manhattan.

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The hours-long standoff between NYPD and a single nonviolent BLM activist, who remains in his home and has not been shown a warrant, continues into the afternoon.

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PHILLY: Hundreds marching from Philadelphia City Hall in the direction of the Museum of Art, chanting, "Viva, viva, Palestina!"

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A bicycle marshal notified the Brooklyn Bridge protesters that they had mere minutes to stop blocking the roadway. With a large amount of cops approaching from Manhattan, crowd responded by linking arms and marching back into Brooklyn, where NYPD let them pass. No known arrests.

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A source from tonight's Brooklyn protest says an NYPD officer brandished a gun at protesters. Photo credit asked to be identified as French:

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About 50 protesters marched North from the Barclays Center toward the Manhattan Bridge tonight to call for justice for Andre Hill and Casey Goodson Jr. — two innocent victims of police shootings in Ohio.

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About a hundred protesters are back in Times Square to reflect on last night's car attack. "We are no strangers to trauma, but last night was an attempt to kill us. An attempt to murder us."

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Scores of people gathered at Avenue P and Coney Island Ave in Midwood ahead of a 6:00pm event honoring slain dancer O'Shae Sibley.

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About 600 gather outside of Barclays Center demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.

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The person being arrested in this video has been a medic on site for weeks. Just before their arrest for quietly refusing to leave the street, she told our reporter that her possessions had all been trashed w/o a chance to claim them, including a gift from her deceased mother.

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Barclays group approaching the East River, BK side.

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Marching onto the #ManhattanBridge #KyleRittenhouseIsGuilty #KlyeRittenShit #KyleRittenhouseisamurder

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NYPD riot police have driven City Hall occupants, at least half of whom have no other housing options. Tents and signs have been trashed.

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Police have retreated from the area. It doesn't seem like they were able to bring the protester they were attempting to arrest, but that's not certain. As police pull away, what was very nearly a violent confrontation turns into a dance party.

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Spotted this morning over the East River: a #StopCopCity banner. (📸 submitted anonymously)

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We are currently standing at the front of the crowd at the Rochester Public Safety building. We see no rocks being thrown.

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Protesters have started throwing rocks at officers

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Tonight in East Harlem: Video shows NYPD laughing while detaining a man, calling him a "junkie" and dismissing someone concerned about the detainee's safety.

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“I’m not going to debate the merits of whether junkies need to be in the criminal system with you.” This is how NYPD views people who use drugs. Also, where are their masks?! NYPD, once again, making it clear that they don’t care about the most vulnerable in our communities

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Officers continue to attack the crowd, targeting organizers. Prison buses begin arriving on scene.

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“Black lives matter!” shout hundreds of protestors marching against traffic passing 16th and 5th. #BlackLivesMatter #NycProtest

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About 300 people are near Lafayette and Canal in Manhattan, chanting "every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground".

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About 300 protesters gathered at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to celebrate shabbat and demand Palestinian liberation at the Shabbat Against Settler Colonialism rally.

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March of several hundred near Prospect Park chants "Defund, Disarm, Abolish the Police!"

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The #ConfrontingJuly4th March from Ft Greene Park has made it to Prospect Park West.

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The arbitrary arrests by NYPD in West Village tonight followed an art-making protest and party in Washington Square Park. Officers reportedly confiscated DJ equipment which led to the protest outside the 6th Precinct.

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Immortal Technique spit a verse at Washington Sq. Park. Ends with "Fuck De Blasio."