The NYPD confirmed to The Independent that it had arrested multiple people, but did not provide additional details.
According to The New York Post, which put the numbers at more than a thousand, protesters were stopped at the East 79th St Transverse in Central Park by a double line of police officers in riot gear.
The protest occurred despite a heavy police presence outside of the event this year, including steel barricades and street closures.
In recent years Protesters have frequently used the glittering event, in which celebrities don surreal and extravagant gowns to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a platform for social causes.
In 2021, nine Black Lives Matter demonstrators were arrested outside of the event while calling on officials to defund and abolish the NYPD and taking apart barricades set up by police.
New York mayor Eric Adams, along with other NYC officials, has blamed “outside agitators” for the protests at Columbia University in Manhattan, but academics and journalists have questioned his evidence for those claims.
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The NYPD confirmed to The Independent that it had arrested multiple people, but did not provide additional details.
According to The New York Post, which put the numbers at more than a thousand, protesters were stopped at the East 79th St Transverse in Central Park by a double line of police officers in riot gear.
The protest occurred despite a heavy police presence outside of the event this year, including steel barricades and street closures.
In recent years Protesters have frequently used the glittering event, in which celebrities don surreal and extravagant gowns to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a platform for social causes.
In 2021, nine Black Lives Matter demonstrators were arrested outside of the event while calling on officials to defund and abolish the NYPD and taking apart barricades set up by police.
New York mayor Eric Adams, along with other NYC officials, has blamed “outside agitators” for the protests at Columbia University in Manhattan, but academics and journalists have questioned his evidence for those claims.
The original article contains 311 words, the summary contains 172 words. Saved 45%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!