He started cursing and screaming and yelling and doing whatever he wanted, and then he grabbed the chef and threw him on the window [on the West 4th Street side of the building], manager George Takos told The Post. Residents want to calm 'out of control' Wash. Square Park - NY1 During the meeting, police asked those in attendance what they would like to see happen. He pointed his fingers at everybody. If youre anti-fascism, if youre anti-racism, get out here, said Davison, who said he is a member of William Jewell Young Democratic Socialists. ABC7 New York 24/7 Eyewitness News Stream, NYC hiring 1,500 homeless to cleanup graffiti on Manhattan storefronts, Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts. Several with the antifa groups said the action violated their rights under state law allowing them to openly carry weapons. "The NYPD's presence was entirely unnecessary and only served to escalate and cause violence in a crowd of peaceful, chill and joyful Pride attendees," witness Carli Rhoades said. They say many New Yorkers flocked to the park after Covid-19 restrictions eased citywide, and some brought mayhem with them. Lets take a vote, someone yelled: We going in? Another resident contacted The Post following a recent 8 a.m. stroll to the parks dog run, reporting a female giving oral sex to a drug dealer, with other men lined up for their turn with their pants open. A group of residents recently penned an angry missive to local leaders demanding action on 20 different bullet-pointed problems with the park. The decline is largely connected to the 2019 decriminalization of pot and last months legalization of weed, but not entirely. The mystery around what happened in Lafayette Square KANSAS CITY, Mo. A lawless, drug-infested Washington Square Park is horrifying even famously free-spirited Greenwich Village residents. NYC's Washington Square Park sees another night of violence, chaos One of the victims, a 24-year-old man, was stabbed once in the left leg and another man was slashed in the leg,authorities said. We absolutely need more police patrols. Our only duty will be to ensure that everyone is safe as they exercise their constitutional right to free speech, Smiths blog said. Kari Thompson with the Kansas City Police Department. Chucky Boutureira, Andre Sanchez, and Joey Chiappetti the ringleaders, as Mr. Morgenthaus prosecutors would later call them explained the plan to the crowd: Tonight, they were taking back the park. Police in riot gear enforcing new curfew arrest 23 in Manhattan's The story took hold, gaining detail by the day. Other than a park ranger, he would like to see the city send someone who can connect them to resources. Sign In. The sole reason that anyone was struck was the color of his skin. As he spoke, the judge wiped his eyes. They were sons and grandsons of immigrants, mostly Irish- and Italian-born, boys who went to the local schools Our Lady of Pompeii on Bleecker, or I.S. She struggled to run, writhing in pain. The NYPD says people threw bottles at police.
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