Nearly 100 protesters arrested after sit-in at Trump Tower in NYC to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil
Nearly 100 protesters were arrested Thursday after a sit-in at Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained over the weekend by federal immigration agents.
Nearly 100 protesters were arrested Thursday after a sit-in at Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained over the weekend by federal immigration agents.
The organization Jewish Voice for Peace livestreamed the sit-in, showing hundreds of demonstrators packed into the building's lobby. Some held signs that read "Fight Nazis not students," "Free Mahmoud free Palestine" and "You can't deport a movement."
Many people could be heard chanting "Free Mahmoud."
Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrators protest Thursday in Trump Tower in New York in support of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil. Yuki Iwamura / APProtesters arrived in two groups around 11:30 a.m. Police said some entered through a side door and others through the front, dressed in regular clothing before they revealed their "protest gear underneath."
The protesters were wearing red T-shirts that said "Stop arming Israel" and "Not in our name," the group's spokesperson, Sonya Meyerson-Knox, told NBC News. About 300 protesters were present, she said.
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