3 arrested in NYC after driver strikes pro-Palestinian protester following demonstration

Three radical person been arrested aft a operator deed a pro-Palestinian protester connected a Manhattan street

NEW YORK -- Three radical person been arrested aft a operator deed a pro-Palestinian protester connected a Manhattan thoroughfare Tuesday, constabulary said.

New York Police Detective Melissa Delacruz said the incidental happened astir 8:45 a.m. adjacent the intersection of 72nd Street and Park Avenue connected the Upper East Side.

About 25 protesters had been wrapping up a objection extracurricular a gathering and were walking distant erstwhile 2 of them got into an statement with a driver. The 57-year-old operator past struck a 55-year-old protestor with his vehicle.

The demonstrator was treated astatine a infirmary for insignificant injuries. The motorist, the demonstrator and different demonstrator were taken into custody, Delacruz said. Police aren’t releasing their names arsenic the charges are inactive pending, she said.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s bureau said it could not supply immoderate accusation astir the incidental until the defendants were arraigned.

The objection was 1 of 3 protests Tuesday greeting successful beforehand of the homes of assemblage trustees, according to members of the pupil radical Columbia University Apartheid Divest. The radical organized a protestation encampment connected field that sparked akin demonstrations astatine different colleges crossed the U.S. successful caller weeks.