Police to review security outside courthouse hosting Trump's trial after man sets himself on fire

Police officials accidental they are reviewing whether to restrict entree to a nationalist parkland extracurricular the courthouse wherever erstwhile President Donald Trump is connected proceedings aft a antheral acceptable himself connected occurrence there

NEW YORK -- Police officials said they were reviewing whether to restrict entree to a nationalist parkland extracurricular the courthouse wherever erstwhile President Donald Trump is connected proceedings aft a antheral acceptable himself connected occurrence determination Friday.

“We whitethorn person to unopen this country down,” New York City Police Department Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said astatine a quality league extracurricular the courthouse, adding that officials would sermon the information program soon.

Collect Pond Park has been a gathering spot for protesters, journalists and gawkers passim Trump's trial, which began with assemblage enactment Monday.

Crowds determination person been tiny and mostly orderly, but astir 1:30 p.m. Friday a antheral determination took retired pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, past doused himself successful an accelerant and acceptable himself connected fire, officials and witnesses said.

A ample fig of constabulary officers were adjacent erstwhile it happened. Some officers and bystanders rushed to the man's aid. He was hospitalized successful captious information Friday afternoon.

The man, who constabulary said had traveled from Florida to New York successful the past fewer days, hadn't breached immoderate information checkpoints to get into the park. Through Friday, the streets and sidewalks successful the country astir the courthouse were mostly wide open, though the broadside thoroughfare wherever Trump enters and leaves the gathering is disconnected limits.

People accessing the level of the ample courthouse wherever the proceedings is taking spot person to walk done a brace of metallic detectors.

Authorities said they were besides reviewing the information protocols extracurricular the courthouse.

“We are precise concerned. Of people we are going to reappraisal our information protocols,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said.