New York police have beaten and arrested several protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brooklyn, according to witnesses, reports Al Jazeera.
Freelance journalist Katie Smith, who filmed the protest, told Al Jazeera that the crackdown came as protesters gathered in Bay Ridge, a predominantly Palestinian- and Yemeni-American neighbourhood in Brooklyn.
“NYPD came in from a side street and started grabbing people at random,” said Smith. “Officers were beating them, punching them in their upper body around their head.”
The New York Post said at least 12 people were arrested.
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