Device hurled near NYC mayorâs mansion was an IED that could have caused âserious injury or death,â NYPD says | CNN
Device hurled near NYC mayorâs mansion was an IED that could have caused âserious injury or death,â NYPD says | CNN - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44012548 [https://lemmy.world/post/44012548] > >An anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer and pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang drew roughly 20 participants, while a counter-protest called âDrive the Nazis Out of New Yorkâ peaked at about 125 people > > ⌠> > > >The two groups were separated into designated protest areas by NYPD officers, but tensions escalated shortly before noon. At around 12:15 p.m., a protester associated with Langâs group used pepper spray against counterprotesters > > >About 20 minutes later, an 18-year-old counterprotester âlit and threw an ignited device toward the protest area,â which landed on a crosswalk > > ⌠> > >The man then ran southbound to retrieve a second device from a 19-year-old man before lighting it and starting to run, Tisch said. He dropped the second device on a street, and officers secured the area, taking both men into custody.
