Pro, Anti-Trump Protesters Clash In Times Square; Demonstrators Curse Out Rudy Guiliani As He Passes

A caravan of vehicles showing flags in support of Donald Trump is seen driving over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan on Sunday, October 25 – Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News

New York Daily News: MANHATTAN, NY – Protesters hollered curses at former mayor Rudy Giuliani in Times Square, and hurled eggs at a caravan of Trump supporters driving through the city Sunday afternoon.

The caravan crawl eventually sparked a flareup that ended with fistfights, pepper-spray and seven arrests.

“You f—ing suck!” protesters scream as Giuliani rolls past them in the passenger seat of a black SUV, his window open, video posted on Twitter shows. At one point, he calls out to a nearby officer, “Lieutenant!” as he passes through.

Giuliani told the Daily News he wasn’t part of the “Jews for Trump” caravan that drove through Times Square. Instead, he was on his way home from a radio appearance.

A person is arrested during a march and counter-protest for President Donald Trump at Times Square on October 25 – David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

“They recognized me,” said Giuliani, the president’s private lawyer. “They yelled the F-word in a number of different variations. I told them they were being so articulate.”

He said his car wasn’t struck by any eggs.

Members of the pro-Trump caravan clashed with counter-protesters just before 2:30 p.m. in a confrontation that devolved into a series of skirmishes, cops said. Members of both camps claimed on social media they were assaulted.
“A fight broke out at the MAGA/ Proud Boys rally in Times Square. A Trump supporter can be seen swinging a baton at counter-protesters,” wrote @protest_nyc, a Twitter account that chronicles Black Lives Matter protests in the city.

In all, police arrested five men and two women on a variety of charges.

  • Top Feature Photo: Officers create a physical barrier at a Times Square march and rally for President Trump between the president’s supporters and critics Sunday – David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

 

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