Mass arrests have been made on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at New York City when anti-Israel protesters blocked the procession and allegedly tried to destroy the celebration. Protesters have been seen coming into the parade route at W. fifty fifth Street and Sixth Avenue and stopping the Ronald McDonald balloon in its tracks. This prompted loud boos from parade-goers who screamed on the group of about 20 folks to maneuver.
Protesters have been photographed sitting within the parade path, some carrying a banner studying, “Don’t rejoice genocide!”
The group shouted “Free, free Palestine!” NYPD officers quickly intervened and tacked members of the group to the bottom, and positioned them in handcuffs. Unruly protesters have been pulled away and flipped over onto their stomachs to be handcuffed. Others have been seen standing up, strolling with cops away from the parade.
Many within the crowd have been heard yelling “USA! USA! USA!” as cops took away the protesters. After some time, the parade began to maneuver once more. The balloon line chief was heard telling the viewers, “Ronald McDonald, all people!”
Previously, Mayor Eric Adams had warned protesters to not repeat final yr’s actions, when many individuals had glued their palms to the parade route. “I actually need to take the second to inform these grinches that consider they will disrupt the parade that it’s not going to occur,” Adams mentioned forward of the parade.
‘Send them to jail’
Videos of the incident have surfaced on social media. Take a glance:
X customers condemned the protesters within the remark part of the above video. One consumer wrote, “They haven’t any respect for others, the regulation or the values we maintain.” “Send them to jail and throw away the keys,” one consumer wrote, whereas one other commented, “They don’t need anybody doing something enjoyable or regular, they disrupt any signal of tradition then say we now have no tradition”. Another mentioned, “They destroy all the pieces.”
“You must be this depressing to destroy a thanksgiving day ! Wow!” one consumer commented. Another wrote, “They needs to be in jail disabling any additional try to disrupt .. disgraceful group of beings ..” “Great work NYPD!” one consumer mentioned.