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(NewsNation) — Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with New York City constabulary Wednesday portion trying to face Democratic leaders astatine an after-party pursuing a run lawsuit for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Shortly aft Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed the Harris-Walz ticket, protesters acceptable disconnected fume bombs and reportedly caused thousands of dollars worthy of harm to the venue’s outdoor space.
The chaos comes little than a week aft pro-Palestinian protesters heckled Harris during a rally successful Michigan. The outbursts person acrophobic officials up of the Democratic National Convention successful Chicago adjacent week.
Fear of convulsive protests up of DNC
However, the interest isn't astir the protests themselves, particularly since determination are dozens of protests planned to hap during the DNC, but alternatively that they volition crook convulsive similar they did Wednesday evening.
There were good implicit 100 pro-Palestinian protesters chanting, banging drums and waving banners extracurricular the Harlem edifice wherever the run lawsuit took place.
Several demonstrators barged into the edifice astatine 1 point, interrupting an impassioned code by the mayor, yelling “You acceptable Palestine connected fire” and calling for a cease-fire betwixt Israel and Hamas.
Adams responded, "I don’t caput you being crossed the street. I don’t caput that you privation to rise your voice, but the predetermination is the existent fight.”
Protest turns violent
It was not agelong aft protesters disrupted the lawsuit that the demonstrations turned convulsive and fume bombs were acceptable off.
The New York Police Department was capable to defuse the situation, but not earlier respective protesters were led distant from the lawsuit successful handcuffs.
NewsNation reached retired to the Harris-Walz run for remark but has not yet heard back.
It’s not wide what radical organized the protest, oregon if anyone progressive had been arrested astatine anterior demonstrations since the Oct. 7 attacks successful Israel that launched the Israel-Hamas war.
