On a Thursday night in November, two days after the presidential election, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the Stonewall Inn for a march against police brutality. The event was one in a series of Black Trans Liberation marches, a recurring protest and pride parade held each week since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Unlike the previous iterations, which had proceeded without incident, this one was accompanied by scores of heavily armored officers with the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group.<\/p>\n
The conflict began\u00a0almost immediately. As the march moved downtown, members of the SRG \u2014 equipped with bicycles and clad in combat-style chest plates and shoulder pads \u2014 quickly cleared the street, shoving nearby demonstrators, including\u00a0NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.<\/p>\n
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