New York City is gearing up security again for possible protests and unrest after a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump on Thursday
still looming large, the NYPD, and its law enforcement partners at all levels of government, are preparing accordingly.
While there was a crowd in lower Manhattan that included protesters, much of the people seen there on Thursday were journalists. Any protesters that did show up said they were there to celebrate the news. The NYPD is preparing for protesters from either side nonetheless, a response that may be warranted given that news of the indictment lit up message boards, websites and social media platforms popular withsupporters Thursday evening. Some discounted it as fake, while others noted the indictment came just before the start of Holy Week and compared Trump to a persecuted Christ.
“He will be able to avail himself of the legal system and a jury, not politics, to determine his fate according to the facts and the law,” Schumer said. “I encourage both Mr. Trump’s critics and supporters to let the process proceed peacefully and according to the law.”“No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right,” Pelosi said in a statement.
Hours after word of the indictment emerged, Trump supporters and opponents gathered outside his Mar-a-Lago estate, where he is believed to be staying. On a busy stretch of road nearby, drivers passed by making it know how they feel — with honks of support, or drivers chanting"lock him up." Across the street, Victoria Doyle, a Palm Beach County lawyer, stood alone holding a sign saying “He Lost.”
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