"The crowd was not initially violent, but there was certainly tension as federal authorities remained on one side of the garage door and protesters remained (more or less) on the sidewalk side. The action picks up soon after with reporting by Gwynne Hogan of The City, showing the arrival of the NYPD: The standoff quickly escalated as federal authorities battled with protesters for control of a plastic barricade - and the NYPD officers pushed back the protesters."
"When one protester cursed at a cop, the officer appeared afraid and brandished his pepper spray. Protesters started throwing bags of garbage: Hell Gate picks up the story, with NYPD officers escorting federal immigration authorities out of the garage: That's when more debris was hurled into the street, and NYPD officers, without much apparent oversight, started unleashing pepper spray (in one case, a cop actually pepper-sprayed a fellow officer, as this video from Hell Gate shows):"
A few dozen New Yorkers linked arms to block federal authorities from driving vehicles out of the General Services Administration garage on Centre Street during a possible ICE operation. Tension escalated as federal agents remained inside the garage and protesters stayed on the sidewalk. The NYPD arrived and a struggle over a plastic barricade led officers to push back. An officer brandished pepper spray after a protester cursed; protesters threw bags of garbage and NYPD officers deployed pepper spray, at one point hitting another officer. More than a dozen people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing government operation. Earlier ICE activity on Canal Street raised concerns about protecting federal agents while defending protesters' rights.
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