A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer put a protester in a chokehold during a pro-Palestine rally in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 7, footage shows.
Footage posted to X by news group Status Coup shows police officers pushing pro-Palestine protesters in front of Bryant Park, before one officer puts a protester in a chokehold. Several officers can be seen at the site of the protest, and a few protesters are seen getting detained.
In 2023, the State of New York Court of Appeals upheld a law banning the use of chokeholds by NYPD officers.
NYPD officers also arrested several pro-Palestine protesters in Manhattan before the Met Gala on Monday night. Credit: Status Coup via Storyful
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