13 Arrested At ‘Day Without Women’ Protests Outside Trump’s NYC Hotel

As International Womens Day unfolds across the rest of the world, people in the United States have stepped away from their daily lives to protest gender equality with the Day Without A Woman rallies.

In the early hours of our morning, reports came in from the Women’s March Twitter account that a group of protesters had been arrested outside of the Trump International Hotel in New York City, including several organisers of the day’s march. 
It has been confirmed that 13 people were arrested at the protest.

One of the women arrested is Linda Sarsour – a prominent progressive Palestinian-American activist, and one of the national organisers of the movement.
Reports from on the ground at the march say that NYPD officers warned protesters to disperse from the area, and began making arrests when people did not move on.
The Women’s March team took to Twitter once again to detail which precinct the group were being detained, and asked that protesters gather in solidarity at the station.
Women’s March organisers released a statement about the arrests, citing ‘civil disobedience’ during the day’s ‘peaceful protest’.
Source: Huffington Post.
Photo: Twitter / @amandamarmor.

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