Multiple Arrests As NY Protesters Rally Over Deadly Chicago, Minneapolis Police Shootings
Millions March NYC and NYC Shut It Down " both of which are part of the Black Lives Matter movement held a rally in Washington Square Park decrying police violence against African-Americans. Protesters rallied and marched over recent deadly police shootings in Chicago of Laquan McDonald in October 2014, and Minneapolis. Protesters were also marching in solidarity with five activists who were shot while protesting the Minneapolis incident. The five activists were shot by white supremacists who targeted those demonstrating near the 4th Precinct police station in Minneapolis, in the aftermath of the death of Jamar Clark who was shot in the head and killed, while handcuffed by a local police officer. At one point, a group went into Macy s at Herald Square, and at another point, a group tried blocking the Lincoln Tunnel.
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