NYC anti-migrant rally turns violent at clash with counter-protesters outside Gracie MansionBy Haley Brown and
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
August 27, 2023
Protesters on both sides of the migrant dispute clashed outside Gracie Mansion on Sunday, as dozens of cops tried to keep the raucous crowd under control during the unprecedented crisis engulfing the Big Apple.
Some of the more than 100 demonstrators screamed and threw punches at each other at the Upper East Side rally as most bashed City Hall’s handling of the crisis while others shouted them down.
“No migrants on Long Island!” a Donald Trump supporter shouted outside the Manhattan home of Mayor Eric Adams. “We pay a lot of property taxes!”
Shouted another, “Americans over migrants!”
Members of the anti-asylum seeker crowd held signs warning of “unvetted migrants” and cautioned that “our safety is in serious jeopardy.”
Nearly two dozen counter-protesters returned the verbal volley, yelling out, “F–k white supremacist NYPD!” as about 50 cops looked on.
The tense standoff came as about 100,000 migrants from the US southern border have flooded the five boroughs, forcing Adams to come up with at least 200 emergency shelters to house them.
The facilities, including a massive, 3,000-bed tent city on Randall’s Island, have irked locals who said they fear that the influx of migrants could be a powder keg.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/27/trump-supporters-counter-protesters-clash-at-anti-migrant-rally-outside-gracie-mansion/
