LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON ANTISEMITIC PROTESTS IN BOROUGH PARK

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38. Sounds to me like the cops did their job.

Two days before the protest:

As unease spread about the upcoming protest, officials at the NYPD’s 66th Precinct made plans to create a frozen zone around the event, and shared details about other safety restrictions with schools in the affected are. Despite those measures, a decision was made to cancel the event, followed by another to relocate the event. The expo will be taking place instead at Brooklyn Square, located in a more industrial section of Boro Park at 36th Street and 14th Avenue, according to former Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

https://vinnews.com/2025/02/17/planned-pro-hamas-protest-in-boro-park-prompts-change-of-venue-for-israel-real-estate-expo/

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At the end of the protest:

As the anti-Israel group headed toward a subway station, NYPD Deputy Chief Richie Taylor, the highest-ranking Orthodox Jewish police officer in the city, urged neighborhood residents to not follow them any longer.

“There’s no reason for it. They’re leaving,” he told a crowd of young men.

The NYPD said one man had been arrested for assault.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/clashes-break-out-at-anti-israel-protest-in-brooklyn-jewish-neighborhood/