{"id":2257494,"date":"2024-06-01T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-in-custody-after-pro-palestinian-protest-sweeps-museum-damages-artwork\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T18:45:30","slug":"dozens-in-custody-after-pro-palestinian-protest-sweeps-museum-damages-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-in-custody-after-pro-palestinian-protest-sweeps-museum-damages-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Arrested Following Pro-Palestinian Protest at Museum, Artwork Damaged"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdozens-in-custody-after-pro-palestinian-protest-sweeps-museum-damages-artwork%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=2257494&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>Summary of \u2064the article:<\/p>\n<p>On June 1,\u200b 2024, New York City\u200c police arrested \u200d34 individuals\u2063 after\u2064 a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum, \u200dresulting in artwork damage and security \u2063staff harassment. Hundreds of protesters\u2063 marched to the museum, setting up tents\u200d and displaying banners before police intervened. Scuffles ensued, with some protesters confronting officers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-mounties-make-arrests-seize-guns-from-militant-freedom-convoy-supporters\/\" title=\"Canadian Mounties Make Arrests, Seize Guns from 'Militant' Freedom Convoy Supporters\">arrested individuals<\/a> were under processing for\u2062 charges, and\u200c the museum\u200c closed early due to safety concerns and art \u2064damage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 1, 2024 at 7:37am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/actor-steve-buscemi-attacked-broad-daylight-walking-new-york-city-street-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> police said Saturday that they had 34 people in custody following a pro-Palestinian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-gets-ice-cream-late-nights-seth-meyers-attracting-hundreds-pro-palestine-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protest<\/a> at the Brooklyn Museum, which reported damage to some artwork and harassment to security staff by demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinian-protest-encampment-brooklyn-museum-nyc-70e2ca4115b279e75408c290b01a318f\">Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum<\/a> on Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a \u201cFree Palestine\u201d banner from the building\u2019s roof before police moved in to make arrests.<\/p>\n<p>New York City police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1796659829710139396\">tackled<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpyderMonkey0_0\/status\/1796657311001219195\">punched<\/a> some protesters during scuffles that broke out in the crowd outside the museum while some demonstrators hurled plastic bottles at officers and shouted insults.<\/p>\n<p>Other protesters held banners, waved Palestinian flags and chanted boisterously on the steps of the grand, Beaux Arts museum, which is the city\u2019s second largest.<\/p>\n<p>City police said the 34 people in custody were being processed and charges were being determined.<\/p>\n<p>Museum spokesperson Taylor Maatman said in a statement that the museum closed an hour early because of concerns about people\u2019s safety and the art collections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dUnfortunately, there was damage to existing and newly installed artwork on our plaza, and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-minneapolis-police-officers-left-after-getting-slammed-now-city-spending-millions-for-new-recruits\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Minneapolis Police Officers Left After Getting Slammed. Now City Spending Millions For New Recruits.\">public safety staff<\/a> were physically and verbally harassed,\u201d Maatman said.<\/p>\n<p>The rally started Friday afternoon across the street from the Barclays Center, home of the NBA\u2019s Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Marchers banging drums and chanting then made their way to the museum about a mile away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should protesters who \u201coccupy\u201d buildings face stricter punishment?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Organizers, including the group Within Our Lifetime, called on supporters to \u201cflood\u201d and \u201cde-occupy\u201d the museum, saying they wanted to take over the building until officials \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WOLPalestine\/status\/1796652055810965991\">disclose and divest<\/a>\u201d from any investments linked to Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on social media showed guards at the museum <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/probablyreadit\/status\/1796645083879542850\">trying to secure its doors<\/a> against the surging crowd, and demonstrators finding other ways inside.<\/p>\n<p>Within Our Lifetime posted on social media that its chair, Nerdeen Kiswani, was \u201ctargeted and violently arrested\u201d by police.<\/p>\n<p>New York City has seen hundreds of street demonstrations since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Museum sits at the edge of Crown Heights, which is home to one of the city\u2019s largest communities of Orthodox Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-ford-announces-end-of-iconic-character-i-need-to-sit-down-and-rest-a-little-bit\/\" title=\"Harrison Ford retires iconic character, needs rest.\">normal editorial standards<\/a>. 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