Pro-Palestinian Protesters Try to Disrupt Met Gala, 24 Arrested by Enrico Trigoso – US Politics News

NEW YORK—A large-scale protest of about 1,000 pro-Palestinian people ended with at least 24 arrests for obstructing traffic and disorderly conduct.
The protesters gathered at about 4 p.m. at Hunters College, then marched in circles around the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala was taking place. Hundreds of police officers were guarding the museum.
Crowd control police with anti-riot gear sent out warnings that protesters would be arrested if they kept blocking the middle of the street and didn’t move to the sidewalks.
Many of the protesters then ran away and regrouped to circle around the museum.
By 8 p.m. there were still about 800 protesters. They dispersed into smaller groups, the biggest group having about 200 people, and at about 9 p.m. the protest faded….