{"id":2134673,"date":"2023-12-27T16:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-prepares-for-pro-palestine-protesters-to-disrupt-times-square-ball-drop\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:42:50","slug":"nypd-prepares-for-pro-palestine-protesters-to-disrupt-times-square-ball-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-prepares-for-pro-palestine-protesters-to-disrupt-times-square-ball-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD readies for potential disruption by Pro-Palestine protesters at Times Square Ball Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-prepares-for-pro-palestine-protesters-to-disrupt-times-square-ball-drop%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=2134673&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confetti flies in the air at Times Square on \u2062New Year\u2019s Eve in\u2064 New\u200d York\u200b City on December 31, 2021. (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>1:36 PM \u2013 Wednesday, December 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>New \u2062York Democrat Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the New York \u200cPolice Department (NYPD) \u200bwill be on high alert during Times\u200d Square\u2019s biggest event of\u2063 the year, due to a plethora of ongoing pro-Palestine protests occurring\u2062 in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sure\u200b there\u2019s gonna be some type of\u200c attempt this \u200byear,\u201d Adams \u200c(D-N.Y.) \u200bsaid on Tuesday. \u201cEveryone looks for events like \u200cthis\u2064 if they want to\u200c do bad things, and the police department \u200bis on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u2064an attempt to prevent any sort of disruption\u2063 from happening while ringing\u2064 in the New \u200cYear, NYPD is \u2062deploying\u200c thousands of \u2063officers to the area. Some\u2062 officers will reportedly be \u2063in uniform and others will \u200dbe sporting regular \u200dclothes in order to <strong>blend in<\/strong> with civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Private \u2063security firms,\u2062 federal authorities, and The\u2064 Time Square Alliance\u2064 are working\u2062 alongside the police to make sure that the\u2063 event runs smoothly and without any startling\u2062 interruptions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re \u2063going \u2063to come and try to disrupt \u200cthe event, you\u2019re probably not gonna\u200b be successful, and\u2063 if you are, you\u2019re going to be\u200b arrested,\u201d \u2062Times\u200b Square Alliance president \u2062Tom Harris asserted. \u2062\u201cSo stay \u200bhome and protest someplace \u200delse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of \u2062Wednesday, NYPD has reported that it has not received any credible threat of demonstrations planned at the ball drop.<\/p>\n<p>Since Hamas attacked\u200c Israel and the war began on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, at least \u2064500 protests have taken place across New York.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2063news blasts\u200b directly\u2064 to your inbox for free. Subscribe \u200dhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former\u200b CIA \u200canalyst \u2064and author \u2018John Gentry\u2019 tells One\u2063 America News\u2063 that the Obama \u200dAdministration \u2064changed the culture of the intelligence community, which led \u2063to the politicization of the CIA and the targeting of Donald Trump in 2016\u2063 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-wrong-not-only-did-trump-build-a-damn-thing-his-developments-saved-largest-city-in-america\/\" title=\"Biden's Wrong: Not Only Did Trump 'Build a Damn Thing,' His Developments Saved Largest City in America\">real-estate\u200b developer<\/a>, bankrolled\u2064 by\u200d Silicon-Valley,\u200c is promising a new Utopian community built on \u2064farmland \u200din Northern California.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A real-estate developer, bankrolled by\u2064 Silicon-Valley\u200b is promising a new Utopian community built on farmland \u2062in Northern California. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One America\u2019s \u200dChief White House \u2064Correspondent Monica Paige\u200c finds out what people are \u200dmost \u200bexcited about in 2024. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM \u200cPST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday a\u200c wide\u200c range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of \u200dthe main bottlenecks for Tesla \u2062is\u200c the speed\u2063 it can make the 4680 batteries used in the\u200b Cybertruck with \u200cits new dry-coating technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group \u200dof 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in\u2062 Manhattan\u200c federal court\u200b that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written\u200b to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San\u2064 Francisco police Sergeant \u2064David Radford contacted \u2062Tesla\u2064 about data on an\u2064 alleged stalker\u2019s remote access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How are the NYPD and other entities collaborating to ensure\u2063 the safety of the New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations\u200c in Times Square?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bPro-Palestine Protests in New York<\/h4>\n<p>The ongoing conflict between\u2064 Israel and Palestine has sparked a wave of pro-Palestine protests across the world, and New York City has been no exception. Demonstrations expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for an end to the violence have been a prominent feature on\u2064 the streets of the \u2063Big Apple in recent \u200dmonths.<\/p>\n<p>These protests have been largely peaceful, with participants expressing their support through chants, signs, and organized marches. However, Mayor Eric Adams insists that the NYPD will be \u200con high alert during the upcoming New \u2063Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations in Times Square due to the ongoing protests in the city.<\/p>\n<h4>NYPD&#8217;s Response and Security Measures<\/h4>\n<p>To ensure the safety and\u2064 smooth\u200b running of the New Year&#8217;s Eve event, the NYPD is\u2062 deploying thousands \u2062of officers to the Times Square area. \u2062Some officers will be in uniform, while others will blend in with the crowds by wearing plain clothes.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063addition to the NYPD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-schools-struggling-to-comply-with-state-law-mandating-armed-security-officers-reports\/\" title=\"Texas schools are having difficulty meeting the requirement of having armed security officers, as mandated by state law.\">private \u2062security firms<\/a>, federal\u200b authorities, and The Times Square Alliance are\u200d working together to ensure a secure environment for the event. Their collective \u2062efforts aim to prevent \u2064any\u2064 disruptions\u2063 or incidents that may tarnish the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Times Square Alliance president,\u200c Tom Harris, issued a stern warning to anyone thinking \u2063of causing trouble during the event: &#8220;If you&#8217;re going to come and try to disrupt the event, \u200byou&#8217;re probably not gonna be successful, and if \u200dyou are, you&#8217;re going to be\u200b arrested. So stay home and protest someplace \u2064else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 of now, the NYPD has not received any credible threats of demonstrations\u200b planned at the \u2062ball drop. However, with the high tensions surrounding the\u200b Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the authorities are taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety\u2062 and\u2064 enjoyment of the celebratory event.<\/p>\n<h4>Protests and Freedom of Speech<\/h4>\n<p>Protesting is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. \u200bIt is an essential form of expressing grievances and opinions. However, it is crucial to distinguish between peaceful protests\u2064 and actions \u200cthat endanger public safety \u2063or disrupt public order.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD&#8217;s proactive approach\u200b to securing Times Square during the New Year&#8217;s Eve event exemplifies the fine balance between safeguarding freedom of speech and ensuring the safety and enjoyment of the public. By working with various \u2062stakeholders, \u2062including private security firms\u2064 and federal authorities, \u200dthe NYPD aims to\u2064 maintain \u2063a secure and peaceful environment for the celebratory gathering.<\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>The ongoing pro-Palestine protests in New York City have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-gop-members-of-congress-demand-answers-from-garland-about-pro-hamas-activity-in-us\/\" title=\"GOP Congress members demand answers from Garland on alleged pro-Hamas activity in the US amid Israel war.\">prompted increased security measures<\/a>\u200d for the New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations in Times Square. The NYPD,\u200b along \u2062with other entities, is taking steps to prevent any disruptions and maintain public safety. The efforts of law enforcement and \u200ccollaboration with other organizations demonstrate a commitment to upholding \u200bthe\u200b rights of peaceful protests while ensuring\u200c the protection of\u200b individuals and the smooth running\u200c of the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>    <script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1616924584757-0'); });<\/script>    <\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alert during the New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration in Times Square. Mayor Adams made the announcement on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, ensuring the safety of the event after confetti-filled festivities in 2021. The NYPD will be prepared for any potential security threats. 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