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An anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer and pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang drew roughly 20 participants, while a counter-protest called “Drive the Nazis Out of New York” peaked at about 125 people

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The two groups were separated into designated protest areas by NYPD officers, but tensions escalated shortly before noon. At around 12:15 p.m., a protester associated with Lang’s group used pepper spray against counterprotesters

About 20 minutes later, an 18-year-old counterprotester “lit and threw an ignited device toward the protest area,” which landed on a crosswalk

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The man then ran southbound to retrieve a second device from a 19-year-old man before lighting it and starting to run, Tisch said. He dropped the second device on a street, and officers secured the area, taking both men into custody.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 32 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

And he was back in uniform before lunch was over.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Are we reading the same article? It says it was a counterprotester who threw this into the right-wing group

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 13 points 19 hours ago

I believe this person is trying to say this was an agent provocateur. Since it wasn't violence coming from the left wing side, which was the counter protesters in this instance, we can make a guess that this wasn't undercover police trying to make them look violent.

We already know right wingers are more violent.

[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social -2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 12 points 22 hours ago

What? This is just straight up terrorism.