Performers take part in the 97th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN’s Sophia Flores
8:45 AM – Thursday, November 23 2023
Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade by gluing their hands to the floor of the parade route.
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On Thursday, just before 11 a.m., around 30 protestors jumped the barricades that ran along Sixth Avenue at West 45th Street. The group, dressed in white jumpsuits covered in fake blood, then glued their hand to the floor of Sixth Avenue.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have glued their hands to 6th Avenue, disrupting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; floats, bands and balloons are being diverted. pic.twitter.com/nYKLGyev87
— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) November 23, 2023
This demonstration caused disruption to the parade, as floats, bands and balloons were forced to be diverted.
Additionally, protesters were demanding “Liberation for Palestine and the Climate.” They were also seen carrying a banner that read, “Genocide then. Genocide Now.”
🚨#BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian Protestors Disrupt Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Shutting Down March Route⁰⁰📌#Manhattan | #Newyork
Currently, around a dozen Pro-Palestinian protesters have shut down the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route. As Protesters and activists,… pic.twitter.com/lM3XmReZqy
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 23, 2023
The people involved were removed by the NYPD. They were then placed in custody.
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