Anti-Israel protesters take over Brooklyn Museum, clash with NYPD cops as massive banner draped across building
NY Post
A seething mob of anti-Israel protesters busted inside the Brooklyn Museum Friday, where they set up an encampment, defaced artwork and draped a banner from the side of the building declaring the war in Gaza “genocide.”
The intruders — who were the vanguard of a massive demonstration nearly 1,000 people strong — scaled the building and rappelled down inside of the art museum with climbing equipment, police sources said.
Hundreds of others surrounded the museum and some protesters got into scuffles with security guards, according to a museum spokesperson.
“Our public safety staff were physically and verbally harassed,” said the spokesperson, who noted that artwork on the plaza was also damaged.
The yellow “OY/YO” sculpture was left covered in graffiti reading “Free Palestine” and “Free Gaza,” among other things.
A number of protesters on the roof draped a giant banner reading “Free Palestine Divest From Genocide” over the front of the building, footage posted on social media shows.
