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Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested in Front of NYPD Stationhouse

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About ten protesters chanting "defund police and fund black futures" were arrested Thursday morning after chaining themselves outside of the 1st Precinct.
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TRIBECA — Protesters chanting "defund police and fund black futures" gathered outside Manhattan's 1st Precinct stationhouse Thursday morning, with 10 people chaining themselves together outside the front door.

The protest, coordinated by Showing Up For Racial Justice — a group that describes itself as "organizing white people to break white silence, confront racism & dismantle white supremacy" —  comes a day after a separate Black Lives Matter group had protesters chain themselves inside NYPD union headquarters in the Financial District.

 

#BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice #FundBlackFutures #FreedomNow #SURJ #WhiteFolks4BlackLives

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About 10 people sat down at the steps of the front door to the precinct at about 9 a.m., while several more than a dozen others picketed with signs, some calling for the firing of Wayne Isaacs, the NYPD officer who shot and killed unarmed driver Delrawn Small-Dempsey during an apparent road-rage incident while Isaacs was off-duty.

Police said the 10 people chained together were arrested Thursday morning at about 9:40 a.m, after their chains were sawed apart. The protesters were peaceful, police said. Charges were not immediately available. Earlier in the morning, the group had hung large signs that read "Black Lives Matter" over a nearby pedestrian bridge.

The protest is part of a larger call for a day of action Thursday from Black Lives Matter groups.