Steve Dustcircle 🌹Oct 16, 2023

#NewYorkCity Council Member #Vernikov arrested for #gunpossession after rally

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/new-york-inna-vernikov-gun-arrest-00121408?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/councilwoman-inna-vernikov-arrested-for-having-gun-at-rally.html?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io
https://twitter.com/Cuny4P/status/1712582666917208260

#CityCouncil Member #InnaVernikov was arrested Friday and charged with #gun possession after being spotted at a rally with the weapon on her hip. She carried a gun #counterprotesting a rally for #Palestine.

New York City Council Member Vernikov arrested for gun possession after rally

She carried a gun counterprotesting a rally for Palestine.

POLITICO
Show threadNonilexOct 15, 2023

#Vernikov turned herself in after images circulated online of her w/a #gun tucked into her waistband while at the #BrooklynCollege demonstration.

Vernikov filmed herself in front of the protest that was supporting the #Palestinian people, saying she was part of a dueling pro-#Israel demonstration to “support the Jewish students that are in school.”

But one of the Brooklyn College rallygoers… believed Vernikov… was trying to #intimidate Palestinian supporters by having a gun at the event.

NonilexOct 15, 2023

NYC #GOP councilwoman arrested for bringing #gun to pro-#Palestinian rally

#NewYork Democrats & critics are calling on a #Republican city councilwoman to resign after she was #arrested for carrying a #handgun at a pro-Palestinian rally on a #BrooklynCollege campus this week.

Inna #Vernikov, 39, who is Jewish & represents southern #Brooklyn, surrendered to police early Fri & was charged w/ #criminal possession of a #firearm.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/14/israel-nyc-councilwoman-gop-vernikov-gun/

NYC GOP councilwoman arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestinian rally

Inna Vernikov’s arrest comes as the week-long war between Israel and Hamas ignites passions across the United States.

The Washington Post