Damage for $ 100 thousand: in New York - a new wave of riots and vandalism

On the evening of September 4, another Black Lives Matter protest took place in New York. Police arrested eight people on suspicion of causing damage to business. The detainees include a wealthy white college student who faces up to four years in prison. The details are shared by the publication Daily News.

Mass protests in New York erupted with renewed vigor against the backdrop of the death of Daniel Proud, who died in the spring of 2020 at the hands of police. Recently, a video appeared on the Web, which captured the moment of his arrest.

In this regard, New Yorkers came out to another massive protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As a result, eight people were arrested on the evening of August 4. They were accused of damaging shop windows and graffitiing several buildings in Manhattan, New York police said.

In particular, the detainees were seen breaking windows at about 20:15 near E. 24th St. and Madison Ave. as well as E. 22nd St. and Fifth Ave. During the arrest, the cops found smoke bombs and weapons in some of them.

One of the detainees was 30-year-old Jade O'Halloran (Jade O'Halloran). The girl was charged with organizing riots and possession of weapons. She was given a subpoena to go to court later.

Police also said that someone threw smoke bombs at the cops shortly before O'Halloran and her friends were taken into custody.

When police visited O'Halloran's home on Saturday 5 September, she was stunned by the charges against her. “What they said is not true,” the girl said.

She added that she left the park in Madison Square with five friends following police orders. “I didn't even get close to the window,” she said. - They (officers - Ed.) Looked into my bag and found nothing with which I could break the window.

Three other women and three men, including a Portland resident, were charged with rioting and possession of graffiti materials. All of them were ordered to appear in court.

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Friday's arrests came after hundreds of protesters, enraged by the death of Daniel Pond, marched through Manhattan. A black man died of suffocation while being detained by Rochester police in March 2020.

Recently, a video of the detention of Pond appeared on the Web, which caused outrage among many Americans.

Vandalism damaged a Starbucks coffee shop in Soho, several banks and pharmacies of the Duane Reade chain.

O'Halloran said that before arriving in New York, she participated in racial justice rallies in Portland and helped heal protesters. “I went out to take care of the victims,” she said, adding that this was all I had been doing all summer. - And then I came here to hear that I am an anti-fascist, taking part in the smashing of windows. It is not true".

Among those arrested was Clara Kraebber, a wealthy college student from the Upper East Side. 20-year-old girl was charged with criminal disorder and responsibility for causing damage to a business in Manhattan in the amount of $ 100 thousand.

Craibber is one of eight people arrested Friday night after protests turned violent and destructive in the area from Foley Square to 24th Street.

Video footage of Friday's incident shows a group of several protesters dressed in black smashing shop windows. At the same time, the protesters urged residents of "all cities to burn down police stations."

Mother Craibber runs Kindred Arch.Works, a Manhattan-based architecture firm that designed premises for Columbia and New York Universities. Father is an Upper East Side child and youth psychiatrist at Columbia University.

The family reportedly purchased an apartment in the city for $ 1,8 million in 2016 and owns a second home in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Clara, who is currently a student at Rice University in Texas, faces up to four years in prison over the charges against her. She herself declined to comment on the incident, saying that she was not interested in talking about these accusations. “No, not now, I don't want to talk about it,” she said.

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During Friday night's demonstrations, the group reportedly set fire to garbage cans and painted “Destroy” graffiti on private property.

The video also shows protesters carrying signs with messages such as "Death to America" ​​and "Free all prisoners."

Of the eight arrested, all were charged with rioting, and some were charged with additional weapons possession and burglary charges.

One of the law enforcement officers on the scene commented on the arrest of a wealthy student: “This girl should be featured on a poster and illustrate a privileged child raised on the Upper East Side,” he said. - I wonder how her wealthy parents treat their daughter. How would they feel if graffiti was painted on their townhouse? "