NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protests swept through Manhattan on Monday evening, resulting in three arrests.
The demonstrations began in Union Square, but demonstrators eventually took over a subway station and disrupted service. They then took a train to Wall Street, where a large crowd gathered outside The Nova Music Festival Exhibition.
The Nova exhibition is a tribute to the victims of the October 7 terrorist attack on an Israeli music festival.
Protesters lit torches and opened smoke canisters outside the museum, chanting “long live the Intifada” and even holding up signs celebrating the massacre.
Police were seen on the subway and in the crowd trying to maintain order.
The head of the NYPD’s transit division defended officers’ actions on the social media platform turnstile jumping’, I would say it is only appropriate that the police are involved to determine what is going on.
Ultimately, three people were arrested.
Congressman Ritchie Torres and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine condemned the mob on social media, with Levine calling their actions “despicable” and “abhorrent.”
The newly opened Nova exhibition features items collected during the deadly festival, including charred cars, bullet-riddled bathroom stalls and camping tents.
Christina Fan
