Members of the news media: the New York City Police Department’s Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI) is at (646) 610-6700. The Mayor’s Press Office is at (212) 788-2958. Do your jobs and call them and ask why this happened. Ask why the NYPD is resorting to netting to make arrests during a PEACEFUL PROTEST — on a WEEKEND, no less.
As you can see at around 0:30, a young man in a red shirt, Glenn Daniels Jr, is walking near the sidewalk with hundreds of other protestors. The crowd was attempting to cross the street to continue the march south down Broadway from Union Square. Daniels is peacefully walking with a water bottle, not committing any crime. At 0:35 he is approached by an NYPD officer and pushed towards the sidewalk. At 0:38 a senior police officer in a white shirt quickly approaches and grabs Daniels and another young man with a beard and backpack. The lighter skinned man is let go, but Daniels is arrested. The remainder of the video shows NYPD officers cuffing and detaining Daniels.
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