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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.
Police not allowing protestors from Barclays across the Manhattan Bridge pic.twitter.com/kbXfeSKJxj
— Sandra E. Garcia (@S_Evangelina) June 3, 2020
With group of protestors who bypassed police blocking the Manhattan bridge who crossed side street, hopped a barrier to enter from another direction. pic.twitter.com/uDgPvcQTxO
— Amy Julia Harris (@amyjharris) June 3, 2020
Read the restCrossing the Manhattan bridge at dusk with hundreds of protestors while cars honk in solidarity pic.twitter.com/XvtYrlqYzH
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/03/nypd-traps-protestors-on-bridg.html