Pro-Palestine protestors attempted to shut down Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
The protestors staged a sit-in march, with some pouring fake blood on each other and chanting “liberation for Palestine and planet.”
Others glued their hands to the street.
“I’m glued down I can’t get up,” one protestor said, according to The New York Post.
“We need a ceasefire,” the protestor stated. “The Palestinians deserve the right to return to their ancestral land.”
Videos showed the protestors being arrested and escorted off the premises.
#BREAKING: Protesters SHUT DOWN Macy's Parade route by GLUING THEMSELVES to the ground, demanding "Liberation for Palestine and Climate" blocking Sinclair Oil Corporation Dinosaur balloon.#Thanksgiving#MacysParade
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) November 23, 2023
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Prior to the parade, officials said they were implementing stronger security measures.
The move comes as the Israel-Hamas war “has created a heightened threat environment” making the parade an “attractive target,” according to a new threat assessment from the FBI.
“Though the 2023 New York City Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade event will provide a broad set of potential soft targets for an attack, congested areas where the largest amount of people gather- particularly designated viewing areas- are likely the most vulnerable spots for a mass casualty attack,” the assessment said.
