Thousands of Palestinians Protested in Bay Ridge – Began Peaceful – Horrible Ending
Photo: Tom Hilton
Thousands of Palestinians protested on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge today.
Photo: Tom Hilton
The majority of the people were peaceful and passionately chanted for the Palestine.
Photojournalist, Arthur De Gaeta shared this video where the protesters chanted, “The people united will never be defeated.” But some protesters chanted to eradicate Israel.
At the Palastine protest in Bay Ridge pic.twitter.com/ftIc9YsrIs
— Arthur De Gaeta (@gatorbites2002) October 21, 2023
The NYPD was very organized and ready to go from the early afternoon.
Photo: Tom Hilton
Signs held up showed this was a protest for Palestine to be free – there was no support for Hamas. Bay Ridge Photographer, Tom Hilton said that he attended and took photos to thwart propaganda. He published (120 Photos here) of the event.
Photo: Tom Hilton
Some Jews supported this protest:
Photo: Tom Hilton
Some of the people made signs which were not appropriate (Like this) or to show their anger with America:
From: John Farina’s video (here)
Most were calling for help for the people in Gaza:
Photo: Tom Hilton
In the evening, some protesters didn’t want the protest to end.
The protest was supposed to be from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, but many didn’t want to leave. The NYPD had to call in backup for crowd control because some were angry and not listening to the police. Some lit fires (Source)
This is Bay Ridge in Brooklyn #NYC standing up for #Palestine. More than 10,000 people calling for #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/U4yWVtIM7a
— Juan Cruz Ferre (@WorkerTF) October 21, 2023
The police asked the protesters to move back and stand on the sidewalk, but many people continued standing in the street waving their flags and chanting. (See here)
In some videos, young people are just hanging around because they have nothing else to do:
Palestinian supporters and NYPD police face each other on 5th Avenue at Senator Street. Reinforcements arrive and supporters back up.
— DataInput (@datainput) October 22, 2023
Flood Brooklyn for Palestine,
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, NY, 7:46pm, Saturday, October 21, 2023.#nyc nyc
h/t: @protest_nyc
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In some videos, the people sat down on the street.
At this point, we should have seen local Palestinian leaders stepping up. But there were none.
Who has the respect and authority to speak with the protesters? There has to be someone here who is laying low. There are many organizations who could have invited the protesters to have some soup and bread for dinner.
The police were determined to keep the protesters away from the BQE because at the last rally, they entered the highway and held up traffic.
Some people were put into the white police bus to be arrested/detained because they would not get out of the street.
See more videos here
Hugs,
marlene
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