Protesters Stage Sit-In at Office of NYPD's Largest Union

 

At least 10 protesters were arrested Wednesday after they staged a sit-in at the offices of the NYPD's rank-and-file union, chaining themselves to gates and blocking elevators entrances, organizers said.

BYP100, an activist group comprised of black people ages 18 to 35, said it staged the protest at the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association in lower Manhattan to compel the union to demand the firing of Wayne Isaacs, the NYPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed motorist in an apparent traffic stop while Isaacs was off-duty earlier this month. 

The police are trying to manipulate the conversation," said Rahel Mekdim Teka, the group's organizing chair. 

"They are trying to manipulate all of us into believing that they are at risk. They are not at risk. Police officers are the threat."

Photos and videos posted to social media appear to show officers arresting several of the protesters as they sat in front of security checkpoints and chanted. Others apparently bound themselves to gates, and the NYPD brought in saws to cut the steel chains the protesters used. 

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Source: NBC News