NYC Ferguson protesters arrested en route to Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Thanksgiving Day Parade was barely under way Thursday morning when about 100 protesters – chanting “Justice for Mike Brown” and “No justice, no peace” — tried to disrupt the festivities on Sixth Avenue.
Police held off the mass of demonstrators, who were organized in protest over the lack of an indictment against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen on Ferguson, Mo.
Seven of the agitators were arrested.
Seven of the agitators were arrested.
The protesters marched south from the New York Public Library and turned right on 37th Street toward Seventh Avenue about 9:30 a.m. – but then tried to make a U-turn toward the parade route.
Police officers told the protesters they couldn't turn around and the agitators started growing angry, leading some to knock down metal police barricades as paradegoers fled the ruckus. Seven protesters were arrested and will be charged with disorderly conduct, cops said. ...
NYPD police commissioner William Bratton vowed to shut down any attempt to disrupt the event. ...
Apparently didn't get the White House memo.
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