DEVELOPING STORY: A massive mob of pro-Hamas demonstrators is converging on The Met Gala in New York City. Hundreds of protesters have breached security gates around the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More than 1,000 protesters are causing mayhem in the streets. Watch video below and click here to get Todd’s breaking news alerts.
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters remove barricades blocking access to 5th Avenue only a block away from the Met
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
Earlier protesters cut through Central Park to avoid street closures around the Met pic.twitter.com/eeLmAHl0ba
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters in NYC continue to evade NYPD as they attempt to get to the Met with SRG officers following behind
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
Protesters are running and making sudden turns as they continue to march in the streets pic.twitter.com/sDD7V7fq8W
NOW: Pro-Palestine protesters remove barricades blocking access to 5th Avenue only a block away from the Met
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) May 6, 2024
Earlier protesters cut through Central Park to avoid street closures around the Met pic.twitter.com/eeLmAHl0ba
BREAKING: Over 1,000 pro-Palestine protesters are attempting to disrupt the Met Gala in New York City.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 6, 2024
The group reportedly met at Hunter College and then marched towards the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The NYPD initially intercepted the group however protesters are trying to… pic.twitter.com/kyJRWQWJgE