{"id":1771709,"date":"2022-12-11T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771709"},"modified":"2022-12-11T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:48:15","slug":"nypd-arrest-man-assaulting-undercover-cop-after-altercation-with-drag-queen-story-hour-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-arrest-man-assaulting-undercover-cop-after-altercation-with-drag-queen-story-hour-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Arrest Man Assaulting Undercover Cop After Altercation With Drag Queen Story Hour Protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnypd-arrest-man-assaulting-undercover-cop-after-altercation-with-drag-queen-story-hour-protestors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771709&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A drag queen story hour for children held inside the New York Public Library on Saturday night resulted in authorities arresting a man for shoving an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nypd\">NYPD<\/a> detective monitoring the situation after clashing with several protestors boycotting the event.<\/p>\n<p>Local independent media captured 28-year-old Chase Catapano of Manhattan shouting obscenities and making insulting gestures at a group of protesters known as the Guardians of Divinity inside the Midtown branch of the second-largest public library in the United States, which hosted the \u201cDrag Story Hour\u201d for children between the ages of three and nine years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet the f*** outta here! You\u2019re a f***ing disgrace,\u201d Catapano repeated a few times while ripping one of the male protestor\u2019s signs that read \u201c\u2018leave our kids alone\u201d from his hands before throwing the property back toward the crowd and walking in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd followed Catapano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo ahead,\u201d one protestor responded. \u201cTake the first shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the large plain-clothed New York Police Department detective intervened, pressing his hand against the small-statured agitator in the middle of the crowd of demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>Catapano quickly pushed the detective\u2019s hand from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give a f*** who you are,\u201d Catapano can be heard saying in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou better watch who you\u2019re touching,\u201d one protestor said. \u201cHe\u2019s an officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an officer fool!\u201d another protestor added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A man was arrested for assaulting a police officer at New York Public Library in Manhattan during a protest after a heated argument with protesters over Drag Story Hour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/news?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nypd?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nypd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nyc?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nyc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Police?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Police<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THSruI27l1\">pic.twitter.com\/THSruI27l1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJEGmedia\/status\/1601701586731823104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drag queen story hour events have recently popped up n bookstores and libraries nationwide, drawing staunch criticism from parents and protestors.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/LAhEj#selection-2925.207-2925.242\">reported<\/a> parents and library staffers were huddled around the drag queens with objects barring the doors shut to keep the event space private, which was described to children as a \u201ctrans and gender non-conforming rainbow unicorn princex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staffers wrote the event was to \u201ccelebrate gender diversity and all forms of difference to build empathy and give kids the confidence to express themselves, however they feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed one member of the Guardians of Divinity saying he was proud of shutting down the Drag Story Hour event early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re using our taxpayer dollars to fund this,\u201d the unnamed man said, according to NJEG Media. \u201cAs taxpayers, we have a right to say where our money goes \u2014 this is a public library. We went in there, and we protest at the drag story, and we shut it down early,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was a big success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A protester speaks about why they are trying to shut down Drag Queen Story Hour at New York Public Library. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DfOKmAeZI8\">pic.twitter.com\/DfOKmAeZI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJEGmedia\/status\/1601730648678756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police reported that Catapano was not attending the drag queen event or involved with the protestors.<\/p>\n<p>Catapano appeared later in the video, struggling with officers arresting him in a stairwell until authorities put him in handcuffs and escorted him out of the building.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reported police said Catapano faces charges of disorderly conduct, harassment, attempted assault, and obstructing governmental administration for attacking the on-duty officer.<\/p>\n<p>Before Saturday\u2019s run-in with law enforcement, the Daily Mail reported Catapano was cited for criminal contempt in the second degree after apparently disobeying a court order barring him from a property in Staten Island in 2018. Two years later, authorities arrested him again in Long Island for misdemeanor aggravated harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Catapano has not received a court date yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drag queen story hour for children held inside the New York Public Library on Saturday night resulted in authorities arresting a man for shoving an NYPD detective monitoring the situation after clashing with several protestors boycotting the event. 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