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Four dozen anti-ICE protesters busted on second day of Foley Square demonstrations
Four dozen protesters were arrested Tuesday evening as up to 2,000 outraged anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protestors descended on Foley Square in lower Manhattan — the second day of an 'ICE out of NYC' gathering to push back on mass deportations of ICE detainees.
The crowd gathered around 5 p.m. just steps away from an ICE facility at 26 Federal Plaza, and shouted 'f–k you, f–k ICE' and 'No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA' to vent their frustrations with the Trump administration and its hasty — and massive — deportations.
Demonstrators also clashed with those who tried to disrupt the protest, fueling rising tensions — with one anti-protest advocate escorted away by cops near Broadway and Duane St.
'I'm a Zionist, and I'm an American,' the man shouted to the howling crowd of anti-ICE protestors before he was pulled away by cops. 'I'm a Zionist, so f–k you.'
Another man dressed in a bright green shirt and holding a sign urging 'Get the illegals out now' — while shouting 'I love my country!' — also clashed with the anti-ICE demonstrators.
According to police sources, 48 protesters were arrested in the Tuesday evening protest.
Cops started to clash with protesters around 8 p.m., taking down and zip-tying some two dozen protesters who were then put into a white police van.
'They were hitting their hands with their batons, they were waiting for it,' charged Andrea Arcia, a 22-year-old law student from Brooklyn. 'They wanted to start something. They were bashed into the pavements. This is my first time seeing it.'
As some protesters were rounded up, the crowd of supporters burst into chants of 'Let them go, let them go, we will be victorious' and 'Get a real job,' aimed at the officers.
