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June 3, 2020 01:07 pm GMT

NYPD traps protestors on bridge for hours after curfew

Last night, police in New York city kettled hundreds of protestors on the Manhattan Bridge, preventing them from dispersing for hours, even after curfew fell. The New York Times reports that the protestors "found a way" around police blocking access to the Brooklyn end of the bridge, which seems an unlikely scenario, but nonetheless offers details on them being subsequently held there.

As the curfew descended on Tuesday, hundreds of protesters made their way from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn onto the Manhattan Bridge with the goal of continuing their march on the other side. They wound up hemmed in from both ends for roughly two hours.

Two New York Times reporters who followed with the protesters onto the bridge documented the episode, which ultimately ended peacefully, in a series of tweets.

The police tried to block entry to the bridge on the Brooklyn side.Some people found a way on anywayA large group walked across toward the Manhattan side.Once they reached Manhattan, a police blockade kept them from exiting.The crowd became increasingly restless as police vehicles arrived.The demonstrators were eventually allowed to return to Brooklyn.

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