Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in New York City after they disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and vandalized the New York Public Library.
Groups of pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday also vandalized the New York Library.
After the parade, the protesters went to the library building named after the Jewish philanthropist Stephen A. Schwarzman.
Images posted to social media showed the sides of the building splattered with red paint, including red handprints and phrases such as “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine.”
One video showed New York police officers guarding the library entrance. A display in front of the library steps was covered in spray paint. Protesters later took over a nearby Starbucks.
“On Thanksgiving, individuals involved in a protest engaged in a shameful act of vandalism to the Library’s flagship Stephen A.
