Anti-ICE rioters fight with NYPD, set police cars on fire

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Several constabulary vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence wrong an NYPD parking batch overnight Wednesday, hours aft anti-ICE protesters clashed with constabulary successful New York City.

Eight vehicles were torched successful Bushwick, Brooklyn, successful a suspected arson astatine astir 1:25 a.m. Thursday morning, police said

The vehicles, including six marked and 2 unmarked vehicles, caught occurrence successful the batch astatine DeKalb Avenue and Central Avenue, astir 2 blocks from the 83rd Precinct, constabulary said.

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Several constabulary vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence wrong an NYPD parking batch overnight Wednesday, hours aft anti-ICE protesters clashed with police. (LLN NYC)

COAST-TO-COAST ANTI-ICE CHAOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA

Several were besides vandalized with shattered windows. Responding officers detected a beardown odor of gasoline, per WABC.

"It's precise unsettling, nary 1 wants to beryllium surviving connected a thoroughfare that has arson happening connected it, but yeah, it's unnerving for sure," a nonmigratory told the outlet. 

The NYPD told Fox News that the FDNY extinguished the flames and that determination were nary injuries. Investigators are reviewing surveillance videos and determination person been nary arrests.

The incidental came conscionable hours aft about 100 anti-ICE protesters gathered successful Lower Manhattan astatine Foley Square, adjacent a ample authorities gathering that houses national migration offices and the city's main migration court. They shouted profanities and chanted: "How bash you spell racism: I-C-E" and "Deportation nary more, ICE get retired of our state."

NYPD burned vehicles

Eight vehicles were torched successful a constabulary parking batch successful Bushwick, Brooklyn, successful a suspected arson astatine astir 1:25 a.m. Thursday morning, constabulary said.  (WNYW)

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About 10 radical were arrested erstwhile scuffles broke retired with constabulary and demonstrators refused to get disconnected the road. 

Wednesday’s protestation followed a larger anti-ICE objection connected Tuesday involving astir 2,500 radical who were protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids crossed the state successful Lower Manhattan. 

Following that demonstration, much than 80 radical were arrested aft bottles were hurled astatine constabulary and protesters breached metallic barriers, per Fox 5.

Police clash with anti-ICE protesters

Police clash with anti-ICE protesters connected Wednesday.  (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told Fox 5 NY that astir 2,500 radical were progressive and a smaller radical turned violent.

"There was a smaller radical of a fewer 100 wherever we did person to marque arrests. Some of them were looking for trouble," Tisch said. "My consciousness is that the immense bulk of the 2,500 radical that were there, were determination to protest peacefully."

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