Friday, November 29, 2024

Pro-Palestine protesters block Thanksgiving parade

from RT

Several pro-Palestinian activists have been arrested after briefly disrupting a Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, local police have said.

The demonstrators, wearing face masks and disposable raincoats, obstructed a procession on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan on Thursday, blocking a giant Ronald McDonald balloon.

They chanted “Free Palestine,” held up Palestinian flags, and unfurled a large banner with slogans including “Do not celebrate genocide,” “Land back,” and “Arms embargo now!”

The parade was halted for at least five minutes before the police intervened and removed the protesters from the scene.

A total of 25 people were detained. “The demonstrators were taken into custody without incident,” the New York Police Department said in a statement...

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