New York Civil Disorder
This is a general Thread to Discuss civil strife in New York where protests are causing clashes with authorities.
When riots happen in New York how are they normally quelled?
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Protesters marching down Fifth Avenue in New York issue demands, including firing all officers involved in chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Other demands in a leaflet handed out to the media include appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate all complaints of excessive force by police and for the state Legislature to make a chokehold punishable by significant penalties. Ref. CNN
Thirteen women, including four key Women's March organizers, have been taken into custody after being removed from a rally outside Trump International Hotel, the New York Police Department says.
NYPD would not confirm who was detained. The Women's March said some of its organizers, including Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez and Bob Bland, were among those being held.
The group posted about the incident on its official Twitter account. "Some of us have been arrested #DayWithoutAWoman," one tweet reads.
Protesters took to the streets across the country Wednesday, marking International Women's Day and the "Day Without a Woman" strike. Ref. CNN.