New York police shoved, pepper sprayed and arrested LGBT+ people at a Queer Liberation march for Black Lives Matter yesterday (28 June).
The protest marked the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the usual date of New York Pride. But what started as a peaceful protest spiralled out of control.
Some protestors, fearing for their safety, took the knee and shouted ‘Don’t shoot’ to police. Meanwhile video shows New York Police Department officers pepper spraying and shoving protestors.
One witness live streaming on Facebook said: ‘The NYPD is going ballistic.’ ‘People were chanting “Don’t shoot” and many took a knee’ The trouble flared at Washington Square Park, a long-established site for protest – just five minutes from the famous