Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down Manhattan Bridge
Throngs of pro-Palestinian protesters shut down both sides of the Manhattan Bridge for nearly four hours on Sunday, according to police.
The demonstrators flooded the span around 1:45 p.m. (1845 GMT) on one of the busiest travel days of the year, cops said.
More than 1,000 protesters called for a ceasefire at the demonstration organised by the anti-Zionist organisation Jewish Voice for Peace.
The demonstrators sat in the roadway at the Manhattan-side approach to the bridge and hung a gigantic banner that read ‘Let Gaza Live’ on the iconic granite arch, a video posted to X shows.
The bridge reopened to traffic around 5:40 p.m., and it was not immediately clear if there were any arrests, police said.
On Thursday, protesters stormed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Midtown Manhattan, forcing some of the parade’s 26 floats, 32 balloons, and 8,000 participants to avoid them as police worked to remove them from the parade’s path.
(tca/dpa/NAN)
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