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Over a dozen anti-ICE protesters arrested after blocking Brooklyn Bridge traffic: police sources

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Woods, A., & Marino, J. (2026, October 28). Over a dozen anti-ICE protesters arrested after blocking Brooklyn Bridge traffic: police sources. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/us-news/anti-ice-protesters-in-nyc-arrested-after-blocking-brooklyn-bridge-traffic/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-28 · by Amanda Woods, Joe Marino

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Anti-ICE protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, leading to over a dozen arrests by police. Videos show some demonstrators sitting and chanting slogans against law enforcement agencies including ICE. The activists wore shirts with messages supporting sanctuary policies and demanding the release of an immigrant detainee. NYPD confirmed that multiple individuals were taken into custody but did not specify the exact charges at the time.
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Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, a 31-year-old gun control activist, was arrested on October 26, 2026, for spray-painting his anti-gun website's name, juststopkillingkids.com, in red paint over the names of 9/11 victims at the North Tower reflecting pool in Manhattan. Tijerina filmed and shared the vandalism live on Instagram, speaking directly to security cameras before being apprehended by the NYPD. The act caused over $2,500 in damages and led to charges of criminal mischief and graffiti.

Meanwhile, more than a dozen anti-ICE protesters were arrested for blocking traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on the same day Tijerina's vandalism occurred. Protesters chanted slogans equating NYPD with ICE and demanded the release of Oscar Belgal, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic who was detained by ICE agents in the Bronx following a shooting incident earlier that month.

Politicians, particularly Republicans, expressed outrage over these incidents, highlighting what they view as increasing lawlessness and disregard for American values.

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Amanda Woods
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🔮 The NYPD said city education officials were stonewalling its probe into the fatal shooting of a potentially bullied Bronx schoolboy — after boss Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly crowed about helping the teen’s kin.
🔮 The 14-year-old boy was riding atop a northbound train on the J/M lines when he tumbled off the train car’s roof as it pulled into the Hewes Street station in Williamsburg around 3:40 p.m., police said.
🔮 Cops are investigating whether someone fishing off a Brooklyn promenade may have used their bait knife to slash the throat of jogger Katie Suarez last week, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
🔮 Investigators are also looking to talk to anyone who may have seen Suarez jogging along the Belt Parkway between about 7:56 and 8:12 p.m. The new reward money in the case was being offered by Crime Stoppers, an NYPD program that offers cash to anonymous tipsters that help solve high-profile violent cases.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 The man – who sources said may be nonverbal – was pronounced dead on scene by EMS workers, cops said.
🔮 But without their tireless work, the story of your sacrifice, your dedication, the challenges you face and your professionalism will never be topped.” The DEA is one of the largest unions representing NYPD officers and brass, with the Police Benevolent Association representing the most members of the department.
🔮 Although he was instructed to return to the hospital this week, he has been left in the dark about whether that surgery will even happen.
🔮 The victim, 27, was riding a northbound No. 2 train passing through the 225th Street station in Williamsbridge around 9:10 a.m. when an attacker sliced him with the blade, police said.
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🔮 Cops are investigating whether someone fishing off a Brooklyn promenade may have used their bait knife to slash the throat of jogger Katie Suarez last week, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
🔮 Suarez’s dad eventually caught up with the mom, and around 8 p.m., phoned their daughter — a graduate of Brooklyn College Kingborough Community College and a native of El Salvador, according to her LinkedIn — to talk about where they could meet up, sources said.
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 She did not discuss her purchase of the murder weapon but said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.”
🔮 Local officials are expected to hold another press conference with additional details around 8:30 p.m. EST.
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
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Bronx ICE KKK NYPD the Dominican Republic

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NYPD ORG · 3× ICE ORG · 2× Bronx GPE · 1× KKK ORG · 1× Oscar Belgal PERSON · 1× the Dominican Republic GPE · 1×

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They also demanded the release of Oscar Belgal, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic with an alarming rap sheet who was shot and detained by ICE agents in the Bronx earlier this month.
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More than a dozen anti-ICE protesters were hauled off in cuffs after they blocked Brooklyn Bridge traffic in broad daylight Wednesday, law enforcement sources said. asserted
sources → haul → daylight
Video shows some of the demonstrators sitting cross-legged on the iconic span, chanting, “NYPD, KKK, ICE, they’re all the same!” asserted
they → show → ICE
The crew of about 30 activists wore shirts emblazoned with the messages, “Have you seen my neighbor?” and “Sanctuary Campus Now.” asserted
you → wear → neighbor
They also demanded the release of Oscar Belgal, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic with an alarming rap sheet who was shot and detained by ICE agents in the Bronx earlier this month. asserted
who → demand → Bronx
The NYPD confirmed “multiple” people were taken into custody on or near the span, with sources confirming about 13. asserted
sources → confirm → 13
At least one protester was carried away by cops into an awaiting NYPD cruiser, footage shows, while others went freely. asserted
others → carry → cruiser
The charges they faced were not immediately known. asserted
they → face → ?
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