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NYPD detains demonstrator on 117th Street and Broadway, confiscates noisemakers as ‘weapons’

Officers told protesters that they needed to be in a designated protest area instead of on the sidewalk.

By Judy Goldstein / Senior Staff Photographer

The officers put the detained protester in handcuffs and confiscated their pan and spatula.

By Claire Cleary, Tsehai Alfred, and Isha Banerjee • April 20, 2024 at 6:26 PM

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