Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested for blocking the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday.
For this purpose for the second year in a rowprotesters jumped fences and marched onto West 55th Street just before 9:30 a.m.
The specific charges the protesters will face are still pending.
People protest during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28, 2024 in New York City.
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Protesters sat on the ground, locking arms and chanting “Free Palestine, free!”
Others held a banner behind them that read: “Don’t celebrate genocide! Arms embargo now.”
The brief pause had the audience booing and then cheering as NYPD officers intervened.
The parade was delayed for about five minutes, as the 21 demonstrators were removed from the road.
Police officers clash with protesters during the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2024 in New York City.
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There have been international calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, but numerous efforts to reach an agreement to end the fighting have failed. More than 40,000 people have died in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023.
The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1927. It has been a festive tradition ever since.
