Greater than two dozen Professional-Palestinian protesters had been arrested for blocking the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis on Thursday.
For the second yr in a row, the demonstrators jumped the limitations and bumped into West fifty fifth Road simply earlier than 9:30 a.m.
The precise fees the 25 protesters shall be going through are nonetheless pending, and their identities haven’t been launched. Â
Folks protest in the course of the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis, Nov. 28, 2024.
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The protesters sat on the bottom, locking their arms and chanting, “Free, free Palestine!”
Others held a banner behind them that stated: “Don’t have fun genocide! Arms embargo now.”
 The transient interruption had spectators booing — after which cheering as NYPD officers intervened.
The parade was delayed for about 5 minutes because the 25 protesters had been faraway from the highway.
Law enforcement officials conflict with protesters in the course of the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis, Nov. 28, 2024.
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There have been worldwide requires a ceasefire in Gaza, however quite a few efforts to achieve an settlement to finish preventing haven’t succeeded. Greater than 40,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza for the reason that warfare began on Oct. 7, 2023.
The primary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade occurred in 1927. It has been a vacation custom ever since.
