At least a dozen protesters were cuffed as they clashed with NYPD officers during a demonstration in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil Tuesday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
Cops swarmed in to make arrests after throngs of protesters blocked a downtown Manhattan street, despite repeated warnings from police to clear the roadway.
One rabble rouser was tackled to the ground during his arrest, video from the scene shows.
“Move cops, get out the way, we know you’re Israeli trained,” some protesters taunted during the tense scene. “Oink, oink, piggy, piggy. We’re gonna make your lives sh–ty.”
Cops blared a message on the loop warning protesters if they remained in the roadway, they were going to be arrested and slapped with disorderly conduct charges.
Khalil was detained Saturday by federal authorities and faces the threat of deportation for what the White House said Tuesday peddling “pro-Hamas” views.