Anti-ICE rally in Times Square: Police Arrest 86 Participants
'21.09.2020'
Vita Popova
About 300 protesters gathered in Times Square in New York on Saturday. The protesters spoke out against the policies of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Almost a third of those present were arrested. The edition writes about it CNN.
Police arrested 86 people during a protest against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Times Square on September 19. This was reported by the New York City Police Department.
The protesters spoke out against the policies of the United States Immigration and Customs Administration. Last week, a nurse at the ICE clinic in Georgia accused the service doctor of he removed the uterus to all illegal immigrants who ended up in this detention center.
One protester, Isabelle Leyva, estimated that 300 protesters had gathered in Times Square since noon Saturday. According to her, the arrests were made in Times Square, and later near the New York police building at 1 Police Plaza.
New York Police detective Denise Moroney said the protest led to charges of disturbing public order and resisting arrest as a result of the protest. 85 people received a subpoena, one - a subpoena to the criminal court.
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According to Leiva, before the start of the action, the police blocked traffic. But as soon as the protesters tried to enter the roadway, the cops immediately surrounded them from all sides and began to force them out of the street. To disperse the crowd, law enforcement officers used sirens and batons.
Leyva herself was not arrested. After the first skirmish with the police, the girl went to 1 Police Plaza. She described the "rather brutal arrests" being made there. According to her, one of the girls who was standing next to her was grabbed by the hair and pushed onto the sidewalk by the cops, after which they set a dog on her.
“I think she’s okay, she was released,” said Leiva.
Police violence at protests in New York is on the rise, she said, which is "really worrying." The video, provided by Leiva, shows demonstrators in Times Square while police try to handcuff many of them and take some away. The announcement over the loudspeaker reads: “You are illegally on the road and obstructing the movement of vehicles. You are ordered to leave the carriageway and use the sidewalk. "
As ForumDaily New York previously wrote, immigrants in New York are afraid to seek protection in court, and the quarantine only made the situation worse. Many people think that immigration officials may be waiting for them there. This threatens them with deportation, so immigrants often choose to remain in situations that are unsafe for them.
