 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - A group of hundreds of protesters were seen marching through Manhattan on Thursday before vandalizing a statue in Columbus Circle
- Several protesters were seen brawling with NYPD officers while others threw an unidentified liquid at them; the protesters were apparently for black trans lives
- One protester was seemingly heard on video attempting to spit on cops
- Dozens of police officers were seen carrying zip ties in the aftermath
- Protesters also defaced the USS Maine National Monument in Columbus Circle near Central Park with anti-cop graffiti
- The NYPD tweeted it was trying to 'deescalate the situation'
- The protest was part of weekly 'Stonewall Protests' with black trans lives matter protesters which are 'centered on the acknowledgment of all black life'
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