The NYPD said nearly 100 people have been arrested after a group of protesters entered Trump Tower in New York City.
Nearly 100 people have been arrested after staging a sit-in at Trump Tower in New York City Thursday, the NYPD said.
It started at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
According to police, roughly 150 people dressed in civilian clothes entered Trump Tower just before noon. Once inside, they removed their shirts to reveal red t-shirts with protest pro-Palestinian slogans on it and staged a sit-in.
« Within 10 minutes, we started responding here from the police department. Within 40 minutes, 50 minutes, we started making arrests. We ended up making 98 arrests of people trespassing, obstructing governmental administration in this building », NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said. « We secured this building, we secured this perimeter, and we removed people who were under arrest.
