AOC, ACLU demand answers after NYC protester arrested and thrown into unmarked van

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

New York political leaders, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign are demanding answers after an 18-year-old protestor was arrested by plainclothes officers and thrown into an unmarked van on Tuesday night.

That protestor, Nikki Stone, was arrested at a demonstration near 2nd Avenue and East 25th Street in Manhattan. Other protesters said they were fighting for Black liberation.

The New York City Police Department said Stone was wanted for damaging police cameras in five separate vandalism incidents in and around City Hall Park. A police official also told ABC News Stone's arrest was conducted in a manner consistent with NYPD warrant squad deployments.

Fellow protesters said the arrest looked more like a kidnapping, reminiscent of a tactic used by federal officers in Portland, Oregon.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/aoc-aclu-demand-answers-nyc-protester-arrested-thrown-154400548--abc-news-topstories.html

[In_The_Wind]

1. They aren't the only ones who want answers.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. "Stone's arrest was conducted in a manner consistent with NYPD warrant squad deployments. "

If this is actually true, big changes need to be made in this department.

[crickets]

5. No kidding. nt

[2naSalit]

4. +1