{"id":7984,"date":"2023-10-28T06:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=7984"},"modified":"2023-10-28T06:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T10:32:53","slug":"nypd-arrests-hundreds-of-protestors-calling-for-ceasefire-causing-closure-in-nyc-grand-central-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/nypd-arrests-hundreds-of-protestors-calling-for-ceasefire-causing-closure-in-nyc-grand-central-station\/7984\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD arrests hundreds of protestors calling for \u2018ceasefire\u2019 causing closure in NYC Grand Central Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of protestors were arrested post a \u201csit-in\u201d on the main concourse of New York\u2019s Grand Central Station, one of the city\u2019s major transport hubs, demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The protestors were wearing black t-shirts which read \u201cCeasefire now\u201d and \u201cNot in our name\u201d as they demanded freedom for Palestine and called to end bombardment of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more weapons. No more war. Ceasefire is what we\u2019re fighting for,\u201d they chanted during their protest.<\/p>\n<p>There were also banners, which were hung from the concourse\u2019s sweeping staircase and across departure board. One of those read, \u201cMourn the dead, and fight like hell for living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Police Department stated that it has arrested about 250 protestors at the rally, which led to closure of the station temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which organised the demonstration, claimed that over 300 were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures and videos have been surfacing online, which features policeman alongside the protestors, whose hands have been tied behind their back.<\/p>\n<p>JVP stated that over thousand people participated in what it described as an \u201cemergency sit-in.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f HAPPENING NOW AT NYC'S GRAND CENTRAL STATION: THOUSANDS OF JEWS AND ALLIES HOLD AN EMERGENCY SIT-IN, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. WE'RE TAKING OVER THE GRAND CONCOURSE. WE'RE REFUSING TO ALLOW A GENOCIDE BE CARRIED OUT IN OUR NAMES. CEASEFIRE NOW! NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE! \u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyD3bqp4mJ\">pic.twitter.com\/gyD3bqp4mJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvplive\/status\/1718030480459620604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of protestors were arrested post a \u201csit-in\u201d on the main concourse of New York\u2019s Grand Central Station, one of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":7985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1395,2200],"class_list":["post-7984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-israel-war","tag-new-york-grand-central-station-protest"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}