Hundreds of protesters assembled in Manhattan to march from Hunter College to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, though they were prevented from interrupting the flashy soirée.
Hundreds of protesters assembled in Manhattan to march from Hunter College to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, though they were prevented from interrupting the flashy soirée.. Police made multiple arrests as the rally splintered into smaller groups, with protesters moving through Central Park and down heavily-police-barricaded streets adjacent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, skirting close to the main event but failing to disrupt the Gala directly.
As the largest group of protesters made its way up Fifth Avenue, drawing near to the museum’s red carpet, they circumvented and broke through police barricades. Later, pink and green smoke bombs were set off by protesters on Park Avenue, as well as at least one flare; drawing cheers from Upper East Siders filming on the sidelines.reported that a group of protesters burned an American flag at a World War I memorial in Central Park.
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed to The Daily Beast that multiple people had been arrested. They said they had no further details to share on the arrests. Local stationIt was unclear how close the protesters aimed to get to the Met and the scores of celebrities there. The NYPD maintained a heavy police presence on the streets surrounding the museum throughout the evening: at 8 p.m.
The Israeli onslaught on Gaza continued on Monday after Hamas said it would accept the terms of a potential ceasefire deal brought by mediators from Egypt and Qatar. Israeli authorities said that the proposal was “far from meeting” its “core demands,” but that officials would continue to engage in negotiations., where more than 1 million displaced Palestinians have fled since Israel invaded in response to the Oct. 7 attacks.
The official death toll in Gaza surpassed 30,000 in late February, though the figure is suspected to be an undercount.
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