Posted on Dec 21, 2022
2 arrested as Drag Queen Story Hour protesters target NYC councilman
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A protest in New York City against a library Drag Queen Story Hour event spilled over to the apartment building of a city council member, where two demonstrators were arrested after allegedly breaking into the lobby, according to police.
The incident Monday evening unfolded at the Manhattan apartment building of Councilman Erik Bottcher and marked the latest in a string of violent episodes to erupt across the nation over the events in which drag queens read to children.
"This is pure hate, unmasked," Bottcher said in a statement posted on Twitter following Monday's rowdy protest outside his home by a group calling itself "Gays Against Groomers." "If they think this is going to intimidate us, they're mistaken. Our resolve is strengthened."
Demonstrators allegedly scrawled anti-gay slurs and threats on the sidewalk and the front steps of Bottcher's apartment building, accusing him of being a child predator for organizing the Drag Queen Story Hour over the weekend at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
The incident Monday evening unfolded at the Manhattan apartment building of Councilman Erik Bottcher and marked the latest in a string of violent episodes to erupt across the nation over the events in which drag queens read to children.
"This is pure hate, unmasked," Bottcher said in a statement posted on Twitter following Monday's rowdy protest outside his home by a group calling itself "Gays Against Groomers." "If they think this is going to intimidate us, they're mistaken. Our resolve is strengthened."
Demonstrators allegedly scrawled anti-gay slurs and threats on the sidewalk and the front steps of Bottcher's apartment building, accusing him of being a child predator for organizing the Drag Queen Story Hour over the weekend at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
2 arrested as Drag Queen Story Hour protesters target NYC councilman
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."New York City Mayor Eric Adams and some city council members and other New York elected officials have rallied around Bottcher and condemned the incident at the openly gay councilman's home and office.
"This is outrageous. Completely outrageous," Adams said in a tweet to Bottcher. "Erik, you stand up for our city every single day and these cowardly bigots have no place here. Thank you to the NYPD for your quick work and sending the message that this hate will not go unchallenged."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, posted a Twitter message, calling the incident at Bottcher's apartment building a "disgusting display of hate."
"Elected officials have a responsibility to condemn this false, dangerous rhetoric that's being used as a new way to discriminate against the (LGBTQ) community," Nadler wrote."
..."New York City Mayor Eric Adams and some city council members and other New York elected officials have rallied around Bottcher and condemned the incident at the openly gay councilman's home and office.
"This is outrageous. Completely outrageous," Adams said in a tweet to Bottcher. "Erik, you stand up for our city every single day and these cowardly bigots have no place here. Thank you to the NYPD for your quick work and sending the message that this hate will not go unchallenged."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, posted a Twitter message, calling the incident at Bottcher's apartment building a "disgusting display of hate."
"Elected officials have a responsibility to condemn this false, dangerous rhetoric that's being used as a new way to discriminate against the (LGBTQ) community," Nadler wrote."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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