"Scores of NYPD officers swarmed the scene to arrest protesters as an audio message warned they would be charged with disorderly conduct if they refused to move. Many of those gathered clapped and sang as police moved in and began making arrests. Protesters did not appear to offer any resistance as they were handcuffed and led away to NYPD prisoner transport vans."
"When asked why he was getting arrested on Yom Kippur - the holiest day of the Jewish year - and what the demonstration had to do with Judaism, one protester said he wanted "justice and equal rights" for "everybody on that land." "We need to disrupt our prayers in order to create the change that we need to bring about the ceasefire and to bring about justice and peace for everybody in the land between the river and the sea," the man said."
Rabbis for Ceasefire held a Yom Kippur protest that began around 3:30 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall with a Yizkor memorial service and proceeded to block traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge. Dozens of demonstrators sat in front of a "Not Another Bomb" banner on the East River bridge approach while clapping and singing. NYPD officers swarmed the scene and warned that those refusing to move would be charged with disorderly conduct; officers then handcuffed and led many protesters to prisoner transport vans. Protesters said they sought justice and equal rights, demanded a ceasefire, and invoked the sacred holiday to draw attention to Palestinian suffering.
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