Over 1,000 anti-Israel protesters try to descend on Met Gala before being quickly stopped by cops in riot gear

By News on the Net -- New York Post & Ian Miles Cheong —— Bio and Archives May 6, 2024

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Several anti-Israel protesters vandalized a World War I memorial statue in Central Park Monday – and burned an American flag at its base – after a group of more than 1,000 marchers were blocked by cops from reaching the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the star-studded Met Gala was in full swing.

A few of the protesters lit the flag on fire at the site of the One Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial, which they graffitied with “Gaza” in large black letters and covered in stickers reading “Stop the genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” ---More...

They’re all headed towards the Met Gala. If the police don’t stop them there is going to be a sh*tshow of epic proportions. pic.twitter.com/WwqLmWsske

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray)May 6, 2024